“Victor Baatweng is my name and I spent Friday night in a police cell. The story dates back to last week Wednesday, when a close friend of mine, Onkemetse Mmolainyane passed by my office to drop off a Samsung 32’’ LCD TV set that I was to hold for a few days. His cousin, Botsalano was supposed to collect the TV from me in a few days time.
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21 Jan 2016
All eyes are on Botswana’s former President Festus Mogae as he battles to forge lasting peace between warring parties in the long running civil war in South Sudan.
21 Jan 2016
Going down memory lane, Ndadi who is now a Managing partner at the Ndadi Law Firm says that recalls that “I would say to myself, ‘Uyapo, don’t stress, you are probably ahead of their time by 20years, they will get there and understand you some day’.”
He also remembers that “It was not easy. There were times where I found myself isolated because people don’t get my vision.”
14 Jan 2016
Not only are the youth registering to vote in large numbers, they are also contesting for political power at both council and parliament, according to IEC spokesperson Osupile Maroba.
21 Dec 2015
On an otherwise normal weekday morning while an unsuspecting city noisily went about its usual business, three helicopters whop-whopped off a tarmac from somewhere in the city - most likely the Sir Seretse Khama Barracks. Mission: top secret. Passengers: three cabinet ministers and a file of senior government officials. Destination: Botswana’s very own Wild Wild West.
21 Dec 2015
Final Thoughts and Where We Go From Here
14 Dec 2015
The French say a bad workman blames his tools. So, when in the course of a wide-ranging interview Goodhope-Mabule MP, Kgosi Lotlaamoreng II, lays all blame for the inefficacy of traditional leadership a good distance away from the kgotla, the mind instantly recalls that Gallic lament.
14 Dec 2015
The Gaborone High Court has issued a warrant of arrest for a lawyer it deems to have been contemptuous of it.
07 Dec 2015
Those who claim to have intimate knowledge of white-collar criminality within the high echelons of power whisper about the underworld bona fides of a certain ruling party MP.
02 Dec 2015
And maybe it is... Or maybe it isn’t. In an ideal world it should be. The idea of turning Africa’s cocoa into fine chocolate before export, its cattle into quality shoes, or its rough diamonds into fantastic jewellery, seems irresistibly obvious.
02 Dec 2015
The Chairperson of the Security Officers Association of Botswana, Mpaphi Magezi has expressed concern over the killings of security guards in the line of duty. He said most of the time the poor security guards are murdered by criminals because they are not properly trained to deal with circumstances that they find themselves in.
29 Nov 2015
Although the Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Kitso Mokaila, has sought to portray an offer by Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction as the most attractive for the refurbishment of the Morupule A Power Station, problems have begun to surface.
29 Nov 2015
My name is Madeline Hauenstein, and for the next three weeks, I will be doing a three part column focused on the United States of America and Botswana, their commonalities, shared struggles, differences and relationships.
25 Nov 2015
Minerals, energy and Water Resources Minister, Kitso Mokaila on Monday admitted that the crippling water shortage that has been ravaging Botswana is one of the key constraints to economic diversification and beneficiation.
25 Nov 2015
A 2015 policy paper compiled by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) identifies several obstacles to the integration of media support into international electoral assistance programmes, which can be grouped into three main categories: a lack of clarity regarding the definition and role of the media in the electoral process, the politically sens
25 Nov 2015
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation, Léo Heller recently released a scathing report casting aspersions on the quality of drinking water in Botswana.
22 Nov 2015
It is a sign of the times. Barely two minutes into parrying softball questions thrown at him, Kgosi Lotlaamoreng II suddenly pauses mid-sentence. He leans forward on his desk and sharpening his gaze, enquires sotto voce: “Can I see your press card?”
22 Nov 2015
In a double victory, a Lehututu man walked out of the Gaborone High Court a free man in an out-of-the-ordinary defilement case.
18 Nov 2015
In what can only be described as a catalogue of affronts to the rule of law, Botswana has shamefully deported two Ugandan refugees - in flagrant breach of a court order after repeatedly denying them access to their legal representatives. Musa Isabirye and Timothy Yamin are now at risk of detention, persecution and torture in Uganda.