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There’s A New Bowling Alley In Town

There’s a new bowling alley in town, but this one comes with gravity-defying jumps, ninja thrills, and a whole new social scene. Welcome to Africa Plays, where Gaborone finally learns how to…

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Six Women Raped Each Day

The Hidden System Driving Botswana’s GBV Crisis By Masego Manyaapelo and Douglas Rasbash BLURB: Botswana’s…

The Math of 500k Jobs 

A bold national target meets harsh economic reality as Botswana’s growth model struggles to translate…

 

 

Refinery or Reinvention?

A pivotal moment in defining the future of transport energy   Botswana stands at a fork in the road. One path commits $2 billion of scarce public capital to a stake in…

Don’t Panic, It’s Just a Wine List

That moment when the wine list lands feels like an exam you didn’t study for. But ordering well isn’t about knowing everything. It’s about asking the right question. The most dramatic thing…

The Shifting Beauty Standards in Pageantry

Universal acceptance of diversity is a positive development because as an immensely influential platform, pageantry can now help many girls and young women realise that there is nothing wrong with the way…

Time to Take Action for An Economically Integrated Africa

Aissatou Diallo The need for an economically integrated Africa has never been more urgent. With the severe disruption of global value chains due to Covid-19 and related lockdown measures, there is no…

Well done Rakgare!

Creatives have applauded the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sports and Culture Development for extending monthly stipends to them as announced early this week but want further assessment done with their unions. GOSEGO…

Politics, Power And Sexual Misconduct

In the past decade we have seen people uniting to bring justice to victims of sexual abuse. Organizations like the #metoo movement and #esengmongwangeng movement rose to amplify the voices of the…

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