Wednesday, January 22, 2025

In-Depth

Masisi says Khama is using muti from KwaZulu-Natal to bewitch him

As a fighter, former President Ian Khama has been known to leave no throwable stones unthrown, especially jagged-edged ones. President Mokgweetsi Masisi has now...
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Colonial legacies that negate significance of independence

When the non-resident colonial Resident Commissioner started solemnising marriages in Bechuanaland, on appointed days he would board a north-bound passenger train in Mahikeng, South...
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Was Botswana a colony or a protectorate?

Throughout history, criminals have always used deceptive language to con their marks. In the case of European ones who came to Southern Africa to...
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When drought spikes human-wildlife conflict incidents

“Despite elephants projecting a marvellous and beautiful scenic experience to tourists, they remain the most resented, feared and destructive wildlife species among rural communities...
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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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