UB Vice Chancellor Prof. David Norris says the long engrained practices promoting deficient work ethics and ignoring mediocrity have to be done away with
University of Botswana Vice Chancellor Prof. David Norris responds to Staff Unions’ calls for his dismissal
Although the petition is not directed to me, I find it prudent to inform the nation what the real issues are particularly as the petition has been broadly shared with Batswana. The following are issues…
16 June 2021
$250 M loan from World Bank to support Botswana’s economic recovery
GABORONE (Reuters) – The World Bank has approved a $250 million loan to support Botswana’s economic recovery efforts after the diamond-rich country was heavily impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Botswana has registered relatively few cases, but lockdown…
15 June 2021
A Palestinian man runs away from tear gas during clashes with Israeli security forces in front of the Dome of the Rock Mosque at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City Monday, May 10, 2021. Israeli police clashed with Palestinian protesters at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Monday, the latest in a series of confrontations that is pushing the contested city to the brink of eruption. Palestinian medics said at least 180 Palestinians were hurt in the violence at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, including 80 who were hospitalized. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Israel’s Pogroms in Jerusalem Could Spark the Destruction of al-Aqsa
There is every reason to believe the tragic (and seemingly unbelievable) scenario that one of Jerusalem’s holiest sites, and one of the world’s most revered monuments, could soon lay ruined in ashes as Zionist forces…
15 June 2021
At a recent conference, Africa’s largest journalist group, the Federation of African Journalists, passed a resolution condemning Israel’s deliberate targeting of journalists and news media organisations, and called on the international community to hold Israel accountable for its crimes against media workers. (Photo: Kojo Oppong Nkrumah/FAJ Twitter)
Africa’s journalists pledge solidarity with Palestinian media; demand action against Israel
African journalists’ leaders have called on the African Union and governments on the continent to unequivocally condemn Israel’s deliberate targeting of journalists and news media organisations, and hold Israel legally accountable for crimes committed against…
14 June 2021
Construction of China-aided Africa CDC progresses smoothly
The China-aided Africa CDC project in Addis Ababa, kicked off last December, is running smoothly with its foundation almost finished. The project covers an area of 90,000 square meters and is expected to be completed…
14 June 2021
In order to accord with Covid-19 health protocols, La Fete-de-la-Musique- will be an exclusive private concert for Alliance Francaise de Gaborone community but it will also be broadcast on Facebook and Instagram Live
Batswana artistes Abigail Isa and Queen headline La Fête de la Musique this weekend
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman This year’s La Fête de la Musique will be strictly a private affair dedicated solely to the staffs and members of the Alliance Française de Gaborone. The non-profit making organisation and…
14 June 2021
Tanzania, Botswana pledge to strengthen bilateral relations
DAR ES SALAAM, June 10 (Xinhua)– Tanzania and Botswana on Thursday pledged to strengthen bilateral relations for the benefit of the peoples in the two countries. Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and Botswana President Mokgweetsi…
11 June 2021
Cuban-Ambassador-to-Botswana-H.E-Patricia-Guerra-in-white-flanked-by-reporters after a press conference she addressed at the Embassy offices in Partial, Gaborone
Ambassador Guerra calls on international Community to end six-decade long US Blockade against Cuba
By Ceasor Mouwane The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The United Nations General Assembly will on June 23rd, 2021 take a Resolution on the unilateral economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America…
11 June 2021
Botswana rejects DRC offer and maintains candidate for SADC executive
Gaborone — Botswana has rejected its rival’s proposal to withdraw from the SADC executive secretary position race, President Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi has revealed. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Botswana have both fielded candidates for…
11 June 2021
France-Algeria relations: The lingering fallout from nuclear tests in the Sahara
The continued fallout from the nuclear tests carried out by France in the desert of its former colony, Algeria, continues to pollute relations between the two countries more than 60 years later, as Maher Mezahi…
9 June 2021
