With this longevity comparison out of the way, I will, for the most part, end the comparison between man and woman here and concentrate on the gender I am most familiar with; manhood. In this opinion piece, while I deliberately eschew objectivity,...
Although we first heard about the outbreak of COVID-19 in China, some time in December 2019, from the supply chain perspective, Botswana appeared to be unprepared when the virus finally descended on our beloved country. From December last year,...
Contemporary CBT programmes are conducted in different countries across Africa, Latin America and Asia. Community-based tourism has been supported to enable linkages between biodiversity conservation and to improve community livelihoods. Extant...
Chasidah! That’s the Hebrew word for stork. It means loyalty, but also carries connotations of kindness and modesty. There are close to 20 species of storks across six genres. Our focus is on the white stork, also called Ciconia ciconia. One of...
Two days before she breathed her last, she had called me from her sickbed in Bokamoso Hospital pleading with me to do her a favour, which unfortunately I was powerless to fulfill. Sad. She sounded incoherent, somewhat in a delirium as she battled to...
Now isn’t this the truth right here! In fact, I can testify that good food always brings out the “gladness of my heart” and it’s so crucial that we make it right the first time. Last week, in my opening article, we looked at the importance...
Quite a good number of people in or out of marriage would probably relate to Anderson’s sentiment. Some are doing well. Others are struggling to keep that flickering flame of affection burning. A few are walking the tightrope and their marriage...
Financial Crime Risk Management (FCRM) is intended at protecting the financial system to counter, detect and deter financial abuse and financial crime. Financial Crime refers to any non-violent misconduct that normally results in financial loss,...
Wildlife conservation is often compromised when the locals’ livelihoods are threatened, hence the need to balance biodiversity conservation and sustainable livelihoods. Negative attitudes toward wildlife often promote retaliatory killings of wild...
Digital technologies can automate certain tasks, allowing people to concentrate on conceptualising new, less complex ways of doing things, freeing up time to develop more creative ways of addressing unique challenges. The uptake of new technologies...
He was never a perfect President: a walking contradiction, full of paradoxes and now, stands as a polarising figure who has dedicated his post-presidency to political activism amongst other things he’s passionate about. As a young person who grew...
Abolitionists advance two reasons for their aversion to capital punishment; the absence of evidence supporting the veracity of the notion of deterrence, and the likelihood of executing an innocent person. Their fear is rooted on the fact that where...
We sidelined the very aspect that helps us function normally. COVID-19 has brought a lot of changes, changes we never thought would be two years ago. The new normal is taking a toll on people’s mental health. Many people are drowning in...
Characteristically, violence is a deprivation of security and an expression of power against the vulnerable. Gender Based Violence (GBV) is an expression of unequal gender relations. When presenting a motion on GBV, Yandani Boko pleaded the need for...
Maybe, you could actually make this lemonade on a commercial scale and be millionaire overnight. I mean you have the idea and everyone knows you are ace at making it right?Well if such wishes were horses then as the saying goes, beggars would...
In my considered view, the procurement function is one of the hardest hit functions by the pandemic that is currently causing havoc across the operations of many sectors from government to private owned entities. Sadly, while many business functions...
There’s a need and an appetite for multidisciplinary and new-fangled approaches to usher in a new era of economic development. The era of the Asian Tigers and others demanded different. Today, those of us tracking behind have a different playbook:...
This is so as it plays an important role in rural development by providing food, income and employment for the majority of the rural dwellers. In Botswana, agriculture remains amongst the largest economic sectors after diamonds and tourism,...
Atypical of the 16 SADC member states, Botswana is the only country that practices the death penalty. This puts us in the same league as Egypt, Libya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Nigeria. Interestingly, the last execution in South Africa took...
So sad for a man with an otherwise admirable track record on matters of principle. Of recent, he has abandoned all pretence at impartiality, which is his core mandate. First was the suspension of the Leader of Opposition (LoO) Dumelang Saleshando...
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