Opinions

When presidential private interests meet Botswana’s public power

Public discussion concerning President Duma Boko and his reported association with African Hero raises a question larger than one individual or one enterprise: how...
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A time for the government to outsource, not insource  

There is no doubt that our public sector faces a cash crunch. In other words, the government is unable to generate enough money to...
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Diamonds no longer decide Botswana’s outlook alone

On 11 September, S&P Global Ratings kept Botswana's credit rating at BBB−, one notch above the level where investors stop treating a country as...
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When Workplace Bullying Becomes the Employer’s Problem

On the 1st of September 2026, Botswana entered a new employment law era with the commencement of the Employment and Labour Relations Act, 2025...
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The Ministry Gap: Why Botswana’s NHI Needs to Reckon with Its Fiscal Architecture

On 30 August, I argued that Botswana had completed only the first of four stages between a policy promise and a functioning health system:...
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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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