Thursday, September 28, 2023

Opinions

A country gets into auto pilot when citizens stop listening to leadership; that’s where Botswana is headed

Botswana is a country engaged in multiple and intractable flareups that if not addressed could lead to a total seizure. The government has run out...

Idioms tell real stories about people

Batswana meant it when they coined the idiom “Motshega kgarejwana ke motsei wa yona”, simply meaning that he, who diminishes a she, ends up...

The President Must Keep his Word on Military Veterans’ Pensions

Last weekend the ruling Botswana Democratic Party held its 59th Special Congress in Palapye where President Masisi made a special announcement in regard to...

If BRICS bills itself as an anti-American alliance , it’s not worth Botswana’s membership

Former chairman of Goldman Sachs’s Asset management department , Jim O’Neill coined the BRIC  moniker to posit that Brazil , Russia , India and...

Whatever happens in Zimbabwe now will become a template for elections across SADC in 2024

These are the worst of times to be an opposition party in SADC. It might also turn out to  the best. Ruling and opposition parties in...

BaKgari Historical Trail: A Regional Diaspora?

It is well with my soul It is well It is well with my soul The tale of the historical trail of the Kgari people does not begin before...

The curse of baby leaders: how the behaviour of Botswana’s political leaders pollutes national politics!

At secondary schools, the privileges that come with being a school prefect and class monitor include the enjoyment of certain degree of power over...

Issues in the news

At times I feel torn apart in what exactly I should share with my readers as there would be several issues in the news...

Goodbye ESG …we did not know that you were around

The free market has for many centuries delivered durable prosperity and jobs for the West. So the West, if you like, owes its economic...

Going back on a requirement for VP to be an elected MP would be a dramatic overreach

The ruling Botswana Democratic Party is seeking to change the rules and the law. The party wants to make it possible for a vice...