In-Depth

The Cross of Rhoda’s Son

Over forty years ago, Rhoda was on the back of a government truck trudging the loose soils of the Kgalagadi Desert, moving from villages...
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Tribute to the silent assassin

It’s a cliché I know. But the Silent Assassin is a title I gave to Minister Dumezweni Meshack Mthimkhulu during the launch of two...
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Government Bench loses one of its ablest combatants

The parliamentary system that Botswana inherited from the British was founded not by gentlemen but brawlers in the literal sense of the word. On...
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Keorapetse calls for empowerment of ‘native African black Batswana citizens’

In the pre-independence era, the militancy of Batswana politicians (like Phillip Matante) who had imbibed the politics of black liberation in South Africa made...
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Safety concerns remain unresolved even as BR plans to resume passenger train service

In planning to resume the passenger train service that was stopped in 2020 at the height of Covid, the Ministry of Transport and Public...
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Gerrie Nel / AfriForum issue comes to parley next week

The Minister of Justice, Ronald Shamukuni, will find himself in a snake pit next week when he has to defend the government’s decision to...
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Two lawsuits await Masisi after he leaves presidency

To refashion a slogan that the BDP is using this election cycle, it won’t be easy for  Masisi when he leaves office. That is because two parties,...
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MP quizzes Serame about Masisi’s endless foreign trips in a bad economy

Finance Minister Peggy Serame couldn’t provide a direct answer to a direct question posed by the Maun West MP, Dumelang Saleshando, about President Mokgweetsi...
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Makgato’s win puts Khama in a difficult position

In an election cycle that has claimed the scalps of too many former MPs, former Sefhare/Ramokgonami MP, Dorcas Makgato, is among the few that...
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Did Matsheka miss the opportunity to call out Morwaeng?

Lobatse Member of Parliament Dr. Thapelo Matsheka in his recent address to Parliament may have missed a crucial opportunity to directly call out Minister...
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