It was the legendary American broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow who made that poignant observation. Ed Murrow, as he was affectionately called, observed that as a nation, we are responsible for what becomes of our leaders. There are several interpretations to Ed Murrow’s statement and they all come to the conclusion governments are shaped by their nations.
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18 Aug 2016
There is no question that unemployment has become an exceedingly sensitive public debate.
18 Aug 2016
We are living in a confused world. For this country in particular, the way things unfold lately best captures how hopelessness and despair has become the new buzzwords in both private and public affairs. Madness is the appropriate word to describe the new Botswana and beyond. Certainly, I will not concern myself with crazy developments emerging beyond our borders.
14 Aug 2016
There is a famous picture showing the late Gomolemo Motswaledi and Botsalo Ntuane immersed in a deep conversation taken inside a courtroom in Lobatse.
The Court of Appeal was delivering a verdict in a case in which Motswaledi was contesting the powers of President Ian Khama.
14 Aug 2016
On Monday afternoon a group of young unemployed citizens, mainly with tertiary education set out to demonstrate to Members of Parliament about their enduring plight.
14 Aug 2016
After independence, the people of Zimbabwe noted with concern, shock and dismay the systematic entrenchment of dictatorial tendencies, personified by the President and his cohorts, which slowly devoured the values of the liberation struggle in utter disregard of any existing Constitution.
Who could have said this?
14 Aug 2016
We are coming to the end of the winter season and summer is already upon us – Although I am not a great fan of summer, I particularly like it for one and only one thing and that is the many weddings that takes place during this period.
11 Aug 2016
On Monday afternoon a group of young unemployed citizens, mainly with tertiary education set out to demonstrate to Members of Parliament about their enduring plight.
11 Aug 2016
There comes a point and time when the people can no longer take oppression from their leaders. More often, it takes a long time for the oppressed to finally say it is enough. History has however taught us of the several ways that the people can say it is enough. Others simply vote out their leaders while those who are totally ‘gatvol’ with their leaders opt for more radical and painful ways.
11 Aug 2016
With the proliferation of local institution there is a need to begin ranking colleges and universities to judge which ones are good and which ones are substandard. Usually what parents and guardians are concerned about is whether their children have been admitted to an undergraduate program: a certificate, diploma or degree.
08 Aug 2016
A season of political bloodletting is fast coming our way.
As things stand it’s almost impossible to shake off a seething public suspicion that a proposed constitutional amendment that would see an increase in both the number of specially elected Members of Parliament and also of cabinet ministers is from the beginning to the end all a design in bad faith.
08 Aug 2016
As was to be expected an announcement by the Independent Electoral Commission that they are pondering introducing the Electronic Voting Machine has been received with mixed feeling.
EVMs as they are called are a new thing in Botswana.
It is not at all surprising that so much is being said about this technology.
08 Aug 2016
It is always a pleasure and a rare privilege to share an intellectual moment with a dedicated army of committed human rights crusaders who desire to use law as a tool to advance human rights and social justice.
08 Aug 2016
They invest much time spewing raw lies and divisive politics never heard of before. They have unfettered license to defame political opponents and all those who seek to differ with them and/or criticise their leader.
08 Aug 2016
Issues of governance strike a chord with me. Lauded as Africa’s jewel, where matters of democracy and the respect for the rule of law are concerned; more so on the eve of the golden jubilee commemorations, I cannot sit back and watch in defeat, when everything else seems to point in the other direction.
01 Aug 2016
The succession saga inside ruling party and government goes on.
And with its frequent twists and turns, it’s beginning to make grown up men look like little school boys in their thinking.
Unfortunately for people of Barolong, their constituency has become a battleground for a succession fi ght of which they are not a part.
01 Aug 2016
I think I know where Botswana’s lovable soccer team’s nickname came from.
It came from an esteemed “piece of cloth”, whose appearance and colours mirror national issues.
It is called the flag…the national flag!
The world over, flags are reminders and symbols of their nations’ uniqueness. Flags, with National Anthems, accompany the Head of State both at home and abroad.
28 Jul 2016
On Monday a media colleague posted on social media, a picture of Members of Parliament going through a metal detector machine before entering the National Assembly house. Parliament has forthwith introduced a detecting machine that MP’s are required to go through to ascertain they do not have any dangerous weapons such as knives in their possession.
28 Jul 2016
One of the privileges of being a lexicographer is that you tend to find out language issues which other people take for granted. In the past few years I have gained much fascination from the history of words, that is, where they come from. The Setswana that we speak has gone through much change over the years.
28 Jul 2016
At the moment, the ability and prospects of the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime to fight corruption seem overdone.
The DCEC, we must point out from the onset is a noble creation that if given the necessary tools can still redeem itself.
There are many handicaps standing in the organisation’s path to fulfill its mandate.
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