Does the world stop and say, ‘No one among us can cut diamonds like Botswana can’
By Ndaba Gaolathe WHAT MAKES NATIONS WEALTHY 1. “There is no one amongst us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians”, words of Solomon about a nation that he called upon to assist…
5 June 2023
Botswana-born model Kaone Kario makes her film acting debut in PCH.
“Partly Cloudy & Hot” (PCH) will premiere in Boston, USA
* “Partly Cloudy & Hot” will premiere at the prestigious Museum of Fine Arts in Boston at the end of June 2023 * Says Kaone Kario, “Zenzo Ngqobe, you are such a delight to become one…
5 June 2023
China's Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu, Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, South Africa's Naledi Pandor, India's Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Russia's Sergey Lavrov (Pic Russian Foreign Ministry)
BRICS: an example of genuine multilateralism
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The world is rapidly changing right before our eyes, with the gradual collapse of the unipolar system giving way to a polycentric world order. And at the heart of the new…
3 June 2023
Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia
Effective measures urgently needed in the funding of African peace operations
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman African countries say effective measures are required to improve predictability, reliability and flexibility in the funding of African peace operations that are carried out under the auspices of the Security Council.…
2 June 2023
US Ambassador to Botswana Howard-van-Vranken
2023 an auspicious year in US-Botswana bilateral relations
“If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.” – An African Proverb. By Howard A. Van Vranken While few know the precise origins of this quote, it…
1 June 2023
The Ndaba-Dumelang-axis-ponders over prospects for a -change-of-government-in-2024. (Pic (C) Weekend Post)
BCP will contest 2024 general elections under its name and colours
By Comrade Mpho M. Pheko The BCP held a very successful and inspiring Leadership Forum in Palapye on 27 May 2023. The forum was remarkable for the high levels of confidence attendees expressed about the…
30 May 2023
Washington used Ukraine crisis to consolidate its camp – Lavrov
Excerpts from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the 31st Assembly of the Council on Foreign and Defence Policy, May 20, 2023 We are now at the point of fierce confrontation with an aggressive…
30 May 2023
Musa-Faki-Mahamat-AU-Commission-Chairperson-delivering-Africa-Day-message- (AU Website)
Africa must resist plans by big powers to turn her into a geostrategic battleground in their struggle for hegemony
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Musa Faki Mahamat lused Africa Day commemoration on May 25, to lend a devastating blow on Ukraine’s campaign to sway Africa from her time-tested commitment…
27 May 2023
Delegates-of-the-5th-Pan-African-Congress-Manchester-1945-Pic-Working-Class-Movement-Library.webp
OAU/AU 60 years later: flagship projects
The Pan Afrikanist As we celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) – the precursor of the African Union (AU) on May 25th 2023, let us consider some…
25 May 2023
Honourable Rosie Bistoquet from Seychelles (right), the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Human and Social Development and Special Programs (HSDSP) of the SADC Parliamentary Forum with Mr Munashe Tofa, the Secretary of her Committee. Photo: Moses Magadza
MPs urged to dump ineffective rhetoric for action
By Moses Magadza JOHANNESBURGE, SOUTH AFRICA – SOUTHERN Africa Development Community (SADC) parliamentarians must abandon ineffective rhetoric and take decisive and swift action in discharging their mandate to shape the human and social development landscape…
23 May 2023
