Opinions

When Section 51A(6) steps off the Constitution and walks into public life

Credit must be paid when it is due. On 21 April 2026, Botswana's Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr Kgosietsile Ngakaagae, stood before the public...
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The harm caused by Chinese state-owned construction companies

The recent report from Francistown, in which a local contractor took a Chinese state-owned enterprise to court over a contractual dispute, sheds some light,...
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Is cybersecurity on your board agenda?

Digital Transformation is core to competitiveness by enabling efficiency, innovation, and data-driven decision-making in enterprises; however, it also expands the attack surface across all...
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Against the backdrop of eroding faith, UDC leadership has to genuinely reconnect with the base

On at least one occasion, President Duma Boko has explained why he prefers to go on a podium and speak off the cuff, with...
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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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