Opinions

Press Release Governance: A question of legal certainty in Botswana

In the space of a single week in late March and early April 2026, four separate government communications highlighted a recurring and deepening pattern...
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A blunt tool called Fuel and Public Transport Price controls   

In 1990, the government published a White Paper that became to be known widely as the Incomes Policy. This was a groundbreaking move  by...
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Duma Care and Obamacare: Why Botswana Must Strengthen Primary Health Care Before National Health Insurance

As Botswana moves toward National Health Insurance under what I have termed Duma Care, global lessons especially from the United States’ Affordable Care Act...
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We are in a hole; let’s stop digging

The first thing you do when you are in a hole is to acknowledge the problem and stop digging.  And once you have stopped...
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A weak private media is not in UDC interest

When he served as British Prime Minister, Harold McMillan literally begged his countrymen not to look up to politicians for guidance on matters of...
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Linchwe II school suffers set back

Unless the time-table at Linchwe II Community Junior Secondary School is adjusted to make for time lost as a result of the recent floods,...
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From Leadership to Control: When Executive Power Becomes a Governance Risk

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” These famous words coined centuries ago still resonate today, not only in politics but also within...
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Reputation Is Governance — Not Damage Control

Let me be blunt. A good number of organisations in Botswana and across Southern Africa do not buy public relations. They buy damage control. They...
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Demonising Johnson Motshwarakgole will prove counterproductive

When we were undergraduates at the University of Botswana in  the early 1990s, every Sunday afternoon a group of us would walk from campus...
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Apex by design, misunderstood in practice: Reframing the debate on Botswana’s Quaternary Referral Hospital – SKMTH

“A king may build a palace, but if he listens only to praise singers, the roof will leak in the rainy season. The story of...
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