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 It is reported that the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) has demoted a female soldier for appearing "naked" on page 3 of a tabloid newspaper. This punishment, in my view fits the description of gender-based violence (GBV). Not only that, it completely lacks intelligence to back it up. A woman's body is one of the most effective, deadly weapons in any hostile environment, such as during war. The lady who appeared on page 3 (I did not see it) deserves to be promoted and posted to military intelligence. The boss who demoted her deserves to be demoted or fired as a military dumb-dumb. When men display their beautiful army-toned bodies, such as former president Ian Khama used to do on the ropes and obstacle course, they get huge praises and ululations. But when a woman displays her army-toned beautiful, deadly body she gets dissed and demoted; this can't be right. Please double promote that lady now.  

Following the enactment of the anti floor-crossing law, Lediretse Molake went to great lengths to show why, in his opinion, the law is unconstitutional. Lay people like me read Molake's contribution. We then waited with baited breadth to read what the opposition political collective, or the bevy of powerful lawyers in the opposition parties would say to either buttress or rebuff Lediretse Molake's views. Indeed I expected the opposition parties to either take the government to court, or at the very least to put out a statement explaining why such a move would have no prospects for success in a court of law. Nothing of the sort crossed my path. Admittedly, there may have been some discussions in social media, to which I do not subscribe, but a statement in the newspaper would have been a way of reaching the widest possible readership. Since the publishing of Molake's article, I have been convinced that other politically active or aware entities would one day put the record s...

I wonder if the envisaged constitutional review encompasses possible change of our country's name. It is really hard to understand how non-Tswana tribes have been able to tolerate the Tribalist name of our country "Botswana" for so long. It is even more surprising when you consider that the Tswana tribes, who originally comprised of only a handful of Anunnaki workgroup types - BangwaAto; BangwaKhwizi; BaKuina are essentially foreigners in this country - they being former residents of Nkami ruins near Bulawayo in Zimbabwe. Every time a non-Tswana raises the subject of Tswana hegemony in our country, the Tswana threaten "Rwanda-like" genocide to cow us down. Why should we care if the Tswana resort to "Rwanda-like" genocide? Why should we continue to let the Tswana deny the rest of the tribes their cultural identities? Why should we continue to allow the Tswana to deny us even the use of our languages in the air waves at tax payer's expense when we co...

 Is corruption a form of looting or is looting a form of corruption? Since practice of the two is so widespread in Africa, does any African university offer either or both courses as core subjects? If none does is it any wonder then that African universities are generally rated rather lowly?

 This post is of no interest to non-Botswana citizens. And so the Bangwato are hunkering down in their Covid bunkers and hoping that the anomaly of Seretse Khama's place of birth as officially reported by them, and the fact that his father was not living in Serowe at the time of his birth, will simply GO AWAY. Well, let us probe the matter further. It is recorded and not in dispute that Seretse Khama's father, Sekgoma Khama was unable to come to Serowe, the capital of the Bamangwato Tribal Territory, before he reconciled with his father, Chief Khama iii in 1922. And yet his son, Seretse Khama was born in 1921, purpotedly in Serowe. Tomorrow is his birthday centenary celebration IN SEROWE! So the question is: where was Seretse Khama born, and why are Bangwato fibbing about it; or is it really a fib, as opposed to a cold calculated lie? Unravelling this, you just may begin to understand, among other things, how the events of the last general election (2019) were a mere replay of ...

Two recent newspaper reports have caught my eye. The first report is in the Sunday Standard newspaper dated 25 April - 1st May. It speculates that this year's Sir Seretse Khama's centenary celebrations are likely to be a Serowe affair, rather than  a national one. The second report is in The Voice newspaper of 30th April, 2021, and is titled "Botswana deports 57 refugees". The fake fall-out between President Mokgweetsi Masisi and former president Ian Khama has had a devastating effect on prospects for national reconciliation between the Tswana speaking tribes and the rest of "Botswana's" tribes, particularly the Kalanga speaking tribes. Even assuming that the fall-out was real, its influence on, among other things, the voting patterns in the 2019 General elections cannot be disputed. The southern Tswana tribes overwhelmingly deserted the Botswana National Front (BNF) whose leader was perceived to be supporting Ian Khama, in favour of the Botswana Democra...

 Let me get this straight. Mozambique has been independent for almost half a century, forty six (46) years to be precise, under the rule of the same political party - FRELIMO; a civil war erupted there some four years ago, and is still ongoing; and now Southern African Development Community (SADC) states intend to send soldiers to help quell the "uprising"?  What can SADC forces achieve that Mozambique forces failed to accomplish in the last four years? If, as seems likely, some of the "insurgents" are former FRELIMO fighters, should we (SADC) not be seeking answers from the Mozambique government as to why former freedom fighters have turned into "terrorists"? Have all elections that have taken place since independence in Mozambique been free, fair and credible? If so why has a section of the population resorted to taking up arms against their compatriots? In my view SADC should not intervene militarily in Mozambique. The Mozambique "insurgents"/...