TONOTA: If test results are poor in Mathematics, then teachers will need to explain why this is so and come up with ways of improving their teaching, for example, by giving remedial lessons or changing their methods of teaching. In Agriculture,...
On 10 July, Dr Abraham Sokhaya Nkomo died of COVID-19 in Pretoria, South Africa. Abe Nkomo, as he was popularly known, was a giant of South African public life: a physician, an anti-apartheid organiser, a Member of Parliament, a diplomat and a...
The deal was approved by Cabinet and involved Rwandan firm, Agro Processing Trust Corporation (APTC), a Moroccan company known as OCP Africa as well as the Government of Rwanda. The trio jointly set up a soil fertiliser blending firm in the country...
Do not immediately cut the marketing budgetMost businesses will cut their marketing budget when faced with an economic downturn, which is exactly why not cutting the marketing budget is a smart marketing strategy. If all your competitors are cutting...
Sheriff was a good student, a good man, and a likeable person with an outgoing personality. He was always at peace with himself and other people from all walks of life. From college, he proceeded to attain a teaching qualification, which landed him a...
The position adds value and credit to Magosi' s already rich course of life. It is a first for him and a first for Botswana at the 16-member strong SADC regional bloc.Obviously it raises Botswana 's profile and pedigree among community of...
China launched the largest emergency humanitarian operation since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, and supported global economic recovery and post-pandemic reconstruction, contributing China’s part to the building of a global...
TONOTA: Although student centred methods of teaching may, to some extent, achieve this, teachers can also utilise a wide variety of teaching aids to make their lessons come alive for learners.Teaching aids are materials and devices that can be used...
Africa is often spoken of as being blessed by a ‘demographic dividend’ in the form of its overwhelmingly youthful population, but the question of whether the continent will succeed in reaping the potential economic benefits of this hangs in the...
In the past few weeks, Botswana has recorded some of the highest Covid-19 transmission rates on the African continent. This debilitating third wave of infections has come at a time when the country’s inhabitants remain inadequately protected, with...
The title of the story and its contents are void of scientific information and, therefore, exaggerated and misleading. For the record, President Masisi has led a spirited and well-coordinated fight against COVID-19 despite our nation’s resources...
a) 'Act fast and do whatever it takes', a euphemism for the deployment of heavy fiscal artillery to minimise the economic damage from COVID-19;b) Build back betterBoth require bold and decisive action, elements of which include unprecedented...
The ERTP was necessitated by the negative impact envisaged on the global and national economies as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Botswana had just published and finalised its Mid-Term Review of the National Development Plan (NDP) 11. The NDP11...
It does this while simultaneously offering a vision of parallel lives, a world separate from the choices and expectations of their children. Even as a fictionalised story, it shows us theatre as both a mirror of life, as well as a doorway to life. In...
TONOTA: There are two main types of teaching methods – teacher-centred and student-centred. Many teachers today still rely heavily on teacher-centred methods such as the lecture method, commonly referred to as the chalk and talk method. In this...
TONOTA: There are two main types of teaching methods – teacher-centred and student-centred. Many teachers today still rely heavily on teacher-centred methods such as the lecture method, commonly referred to as the chalk and talk method. In this...
In early May, President Mokgweetsi Masisi told a CNN journalist that Botswana was on the 'verge' of becoming the first African country to vaccinate its entire adult population against the deadly coronavirus.With unbridled optimism, the...
This is purely a undisguised political decision intended to serve a political cause. If achieving political ends is everything to the President, then he is worthy of full credit for his accurate reading of the current political tempo. The party is...
In a popular interview with Forbes magazine, he said: “More people in America study public relations than study farming. We have no farmers. You went to Princeton; nobody you went to school with became a farmer. I went to Yale; nobody I went to...
One reason given for the development is that we now have sufficient teachers in our schools. Yes, that might be true if classes continue to be overcrowded with numbers of students of classes exceeding 40 being the norm. This is a pity since teachers...
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