Editorials

Will Botswana have the last word on who buys De Beers?

In 2004 Botswana government sold its shares in Anglo American, a London Stock Exchange multi resource company that is among the biggest mining houses...
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Botswana should do more to prepare for coming drought

It would seem like as a country we are as yet heavily distracted by politics. Yet the country is on the cusp of a devastating...
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Dash for cash by Permanent Secretaries is dishonourable

Not so long ago government to a decision that permanent secretaries will be allowed to buy the cars that they use for official duties. No...
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Botswana should stop showboating and engage SA diplomatically

Botswana Government can do more to better to manage the deteriorating diplomatic relations with South Africa. There is little doubt that Botswana’s relations with South...
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Botswana gov’t is manufacturing poverty with the pension encashment law

Personal indebtedness remains one of the curses bedeviling Botswana’s society. Many Batswana spend almost the entire working life swimming in det and just about making...
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Accusing Khama of supporting trophy import ban is like accusing the Pope of being Catholic

Quite inadvertently, Botswana Government is lending former president Ian Khama credit he will most certainly relish, but under circumstances he does not deserve. What has...
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The coming drought will most likely erode gains made in increasing national herd

A little over just two months, the winter season proper will set in. This will happen in the backdrop of what has been below average...
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Women empowerment will need a lot more than tokenism and political expediency

Botswana still has a long way to go to a day when women will have an equal seat at the top table. There are many...
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Vandalism will test the preparedness of security services

A debate has always existed on whether or not the country’s security services are oriented towards serving the country or the party in power. The...
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Foreign owned oil firms are right to feel aggrieved and slighted, BUT..…

It is never easy to convince people on the wisdom and utility of citizen economic empowerment when such people are themselves beneficiaries of exclusion. And...
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