Opinions

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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Use technology to improve public service  

I want to draw on two anecdotes that make me doubt the extent to which we, i.e., Botswana, are willing to modernise our public...
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Empty seats, rising deficit: The cost of Parliamentary absenteeism

Recent reports that proceedings in Botswana’s Parliament were suspended due to a lack of quorum have highlighted the link between absenteeism and fiscal risk....
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The bad idea of a Corporate Social Responsibility tax 

Last week, something good came out of parliament. There was a motion presented by one of the legislators to the effect that companies doing...
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Collapse of quorum at the National Assembly exposes cracks in UDC management style

President Duma Boko has an immeasurable faith in his own power of persuasion. He has a total belief in his ability to use language to...
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De Beers in education

For decades, if you thought of De Beers in southern Africa, you likely pictured the glitter of diamonds and the depth of its mines. ...
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Tax less, spend less

People who create products that we need and are willing to pay for must be allowed, as much as possible, to keep the fruits...
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