Opinions

When the Board Marks Its Own Homework: Rethinking Board Performance Evaluations

Botswana's State-Owned Enterprise landscape has undergone significant changes in recent months, with several SOE boards being overhauled and new directors appointed to entities that...
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Unions show scant interest in job creation

The labour union is locked in a tussle with the government of Botswana over two issues. The first one, and not in any order,...
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Signed, Filed and Forgotten: The Risk of a Company Constitution You Never Understood

There is a particular danger when compliance becomes a race against a deadline, and this is precisely what is now unfolding as companies across...
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There are no compelling reasons for Balopi to resign as leader of the BDP

All indications are that the leader of the Botswana Democratic Party Mpho Balopi will have his day in court. There has been a lot of...
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From policy promise to system readiness: What Botswana must build for National Health Insurance to succeed

On 9 August, I argued in this newspaper that Botswana should understand medicine shortages through evidence rather than assumptions, because patients experience one health...
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Option choice theory

A year or so ago, my daughter invited me to attend a Church she worships at. I am a Catholic having been baptised by...
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Resignation, removal and the constitutional office of Minister

The prospect of a Cabinet Minister facing criminal investigation is unusual in Botswana, but it raises an important question: what should happen to a...
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Directorship is not a lifetime qualification: Why directors must keep learning

There is often an assumption that once an individual has accumulated years of corporate experience and served on several boards, they are sufficiently qualified...
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The case for the NHI is unclear 

There is imminent talk in government circles about setting up a National Health Insurance (NHI). However, the details of the NHI remain sketchy. For...
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National interest is not a preserve of bureaucrats

If ever there is a term that is used to repeatedly browbeat non-governmental parties in debates with public officials, it is the whole notion...
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