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Friday, November 08, 2024

How Boko should navigate the media landscape

Dear Mr President, I hope that this piece finds you well. Please allow me from the onset to join the rest of the country and indeed the world in congratulating you for being elected as the sixth president of Botswana in the October 30 General Election.

Kabo Ramasia | 08 November 2024

wo Truths and a Lie: The Power of Social Media

In recent years, social media has brandished immense power, compelling traditional media to adapt or risk becoming obsolete. T

Chanana Ntsomeng | 11 October 2024

BDP members led by the party president PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

BDP’s Bulela Ditswe headache

The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP)’s Bulela Ditswe electoral college has served the ruling party for well over a decade. However, whilst critics of the system argue that it has been overtaken by time the BDP still hold dearly to it as a democratic process even though it continues to polarise the party. KABO RAMASIA reports

Kabo Ramasia | 27 September 2024

Guest Column

Reputation and Brand Management: An Afterthought for Many Organisations in Botswana

Chanana Ntsomeng | 24 September 2024

BSE chief positive that privatisation can transform Botswana’s economy

According to the Bank of Botswana, Botswana’s economy has to grow by 6.7% to escape the middle income trap, achieve a high income status and realise the aspirations of Vision 2036 – Towards Prosperity for All.

correspondent | 30 August 2024

The Trust Deficit: The cost of neglecting reputation management

In today's fast-paced digital world, reputation is everything. It is the bedrock upon which businesses, brands, and individuals build their credibility and trustworthiness.

Taazima Kala-Essack | 16 August 2024

Upskilling: Students being taken through coding

Liquid Botswana boosts coding in schools

The Computer Science Education (CSEd) Botswana is a strategic initiative whose goal is to leverage computer science education expertise and funding from both local and international stakeholders to collaborate with the Botswana government.

ODIRILE TAMAJOBE | 02 August 2024

We need a pandemic agreement for all, not for the privileged few

The specter of COVID-19 still hangs heavy. Its brutal wake-up call exposed the gaping vulnerabilities in our global health architecture, particularly in Africa, where the pandemic laid bare the stark inequities in access to life-saving resources.

Dr. PENNINAH LUTUNG | 01 June 2024

Gifted hands: There is beauty is seeing a craftsman or woman create something from nothing

Thank you for being crafty

Nothing compares to the combined use of hands, a head and a heart in the process of invention. While comparing processes of invention is foolhardy, superlatives certainly apply to craftsmanship. Because we know it when we see it, we often do not define it. So, for a change, let me try my hand at defining it.

Bongi D D M Radipati | 24 May 2024

Historical revisionism: The Rwandan context

GABORONE: Rwanda is a small country, roughly the same size as Ngamiland District. Designated the land of a thousand hills, Rwanda’s main export used to be primarily tea and coffee, with a GDP of USD 752 million in 1994, to USD11.07 billion in 2023.

Carla Nkusi | 24 May 2024

Unlocking equality: Holy matrimony society sheds light on partnership in marriage

CHARITY KEOBOKILE- OPELO | 17 May 2024

Five worrying signs of Africa’s poor election quality

Enoch Randy Ainkins,Maram Mahdi | 10 May 2024

Advancing social justice and decent work in Africa: A blueprint for change

FANFAN RWANYINDO KAYIRANGWA* | 03 May 2024

Staying safe amidst the electoral frenzy as journalists brace for October election

Thomas Nkhoma | 03 May 2024

We all have a responsibility to defend freedom and shared values

AMBASSADOR HOWARD VAN VRANKEN* | 29 April 2024

“My father, my brother, my mentor, my everything”

Hon Justice OBK Dingake | 29 April 2024

It's all malice- Norris

The University of Botswana (UB) has of late been hit by allegations of corruption, maladministration and academic dishonesty. The accusations paint the institution in a bad light but Vice Chancellor, Professor David Norris, is of the view that it is all malice from inside the university, writes Mmegi Correspondent LARONA MAKHAIZA

Tribunal cancels P1.8bn tender

The Public Procurement Tribunal (PPT) has moved to set aside the decision by the then Lands and Water Affairs ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Kekgonne Baipoledi, to award a water tender valued at P1.8 billion to China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (Pty) Ltd and Zhong Gan Engineering & Construction Corporation (Pty) Ltd (collectively referred to as China Civil).

Khama IV finally breaks BaNgwato royal jinx

MAHALAPYE: After almost 100 years without a substantive chief on the throne, BaNgwato are frantically preparing for the reinstatement of Kgosi Khama IV to his royal seat at the end of this month.

Gov't isn't broke, Gaolathe assures Batswana

With rising concerns about the state of the government's coffers, newly elected Vice President Ndaba Gaolathe has once again assured the nation that "Botswana isn't broke".

Lieutenant General Segokgo has avoided what could have been an embarrassment to him and the army

BDF Commander reinstates unfairly dismissed soldier

The Commander of Botswana Defence Force (BDF), Lieutenant-General Placid Segokgo, has avoided what could have been an embarrassment to him and the army.

Letshego-Proparco Partnership signing 65

Letshego secures £15m senior loan

Homegrown microlender, Letshego Botswana, has secured a senior loan deal worth £15 million (P257 million) with Proparco aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

President Boko is inheriting an economy that needs revitalisation PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Boko ‘mute’ on immediate promises

Some members of the Botswana National Front (BNF) have raised concerns about the dual roles played by the party’s Members of Parliament (MPs), who also serve as Cabinet Ministers, suggesting that the party’s leadership structure might need to undergo a significant change.

Is our screening adequate?

Sadly, we live in a society that seems to be losing its moral fibre by the day.When parents take their children to a boarding school they do so to give them a brighter future, not to have some dirty paedophilic predator to prey on them. Sex orientation is a touchy subject and for young minds to be sexualised at a young age by a grown man perpetrating harm on them by cutting through their sphincter muscle to penetrate their anal canal. Anyone can...

The Monitor Editor | 26 November 2024

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