Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Opinions

China’s wolf warrior diplomacy casts further doubt on inevitability of a UDC victory

The Umbrella for Democratic Change has a real chance of winning next year’s general elections. This is because the ruling Botswana democratic Party is itself...

UDC has been drawn into revenge politics and risks losing its relevance in national politics

When Seretse Khama Ian Khama stepped down from the Botswana presidency in 2018, he presented his successor, then Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi, to the...

Sekai puts Bakgatla on tenterhooks

Whoever may suggest that Deputy Kgosi Sekai Linchwe has mastered the art of putting his people on tenterhook deserves a big nod. Likewise, whoever...

BERA, the latest SOE to impose another tax burden on ordinary people

A high rate of economic growth is the sine qua non for Botswana to generate the much needed jobs and become a prosperous -...

The BCP strategy team is leading Saleshando astray

The intension was to use this space this week to show how the scale and secrecy of the China sponsorship to the Botswana Democratic...

“Mantlha a – Godimo”, the Organic, Didantic fertilizers of Bamalete Heritage! 

I have found it appetizing to write this article following the outrage caused from the action taken by a Gamalete Culural NGO, the (‘Maphalaole...

Looking at the failed Khamarization of the military

After reading Hon Kagiso Mmusi’s response to the utterances made by Former President Ian Khama, I am prompted to buttress on a few items...

Physician dual practice and the public health care provision: A recipe for corruption or not?

Let me first start by acknowledging that physician dual practice has a diversity of meanings in the literature. The expression dear reader is used...

China should stop meddling in Botswana’s elections

The biggest global story this week was the arrest of a British parliamentary researcher on suspicion of spying for the Peoples Republic of China. China...

Pseudo leaders are paralyzing and ruining opposition parties!

Attempts at challenging for state power by opposition parties in Botswana date back to the first general election 1965. Yet, to say that the...