In-Depth
Cocaine becoming illicit drug of choice
Cocaine distribution networks and related agents are finding ways to bypass security challenges and restrictions in Botswana. Over the past few years, cocaine trade...
Real reason Tshekedi has to come back home
“I have asked my brother, Honourable Tshekedi Khama, to return to Botswana and meet with President Masisi or whoever the President may appoint to...
Commission wants reinstatement of bare-back caning in kgotla, schools
In a simple past, corporal punishment at the kgotla (customary court) or in schools was quite simple. The kgotla (plural; dikgotla) had ample supply of moretlwa canes that in some cases...
eNCA journalist corners Khama in extraordinary interview
‘What do you need weapons for?’ Mabuse asked
For as long as he has given interviews to South African media, Khama has always had to...
Masisi making good on “ke a le tsamaela”?
President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s place in the public consciousness has been immortalized in four words: “Ke a le tsamaela”
Masisi uttered the oft-quoted line which loosely translates to – “I travel on...
Prince Harry wrote about Okavango Delta – not Botswana and Batswana
In his memoir, Prince Harry mentions Botswana 18 times. Upon close reading however, one realises that he is actually referring to a white ethno-state...
Public wants limited social-media use in government offices
The Dibotelo Report doesn’t quite use “social media” but anyone familiar with labour productivity within the civil service (or lack of it) will make...
Suicide remains a concern in Botswana
Before 15-year-old *Kutlo killed herself, there was no warning, says her mother. The cheerful child who loved Art and athletics was showing her parents...
CITES overlooked SADC’s prudent wildlife record
As the dust settles from the CITES conference held in Panama in November and as Botswana takes stock of outcomes, it is becoming apparently...
Dibotelo Report complicates case of Motswana held in Bangladesh
If you are the government official interceding with the Bangladeshi government on behalf of Lesedi Molapisi, you would be hoping and praying that those...
