Chinese President Xi Jinping
China will provide another one billion doses of vaccines to Africa – Xi Jinping
by H.E. Xi Jinping At the Opening Ceremony of the Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Dakar, Senegal, on the 29th of November 2021, Chinese President, H.E. Xi Jinping announced…
29 November 2021
UB Vice Chancellor Prof. David Norris with BITC chief executive, Keletsositse Olebile
University of Botswana showcases cutting edge research projects and innovations at Dubai Expo 2020
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The University of Botswana is one of the institutions from Botswana and the rest of the world partaking in the Dubai Expo 2020 under the theme: Connecting Minds, Creating the Future.…
28 November 2021
Ms. Boemo Sekgoma, SADC PF Secretary-General
Europe, US, and Canada close Africa out following discovery of Omicron Covid variant in Botswana and South Africa
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The SADC Parliamentary Forum Secretary-General Ms. Boemo Sekgoma has confirmed that her organisation is cognisant that the Covid19 pandemic is causing worldwide fears and tensions, especially with the upsurge of new…
28 November 2021
Malebogo Letsepe’s ‘Agonies of a black African woman’ hits the bookshelves
Cynthia Thanda Sometimes our passion comes as early as Primary School and that is how Tlholego Malebogo Letsepe discovered her passion for writing. She wrote a manuscript titled “Lost in Thought”. Although she lost it,…
26 November 2021
Incomplete revolution? Muna El-Kurd (L) engages with Shaeera Kalla on youth struggles and the use of social media. Photo credit: Mohammed Faadil Cassim
From Nigeria to Palestine, the revolution will be hashtagged
From Palestine to Nigeria, young people are using social media to change the rules of political engagement, writes Suraya Dadoo In 2010, twelve-year old twins, Muna and Mohammed El-Kurd, used a camera to document being…
24 November 2021
New SADC Executive Secretary Elias Magosi lays out his vision and roadmap
Elias Magosi ascended to the helm of the Southern African Development Community as Executive Secretary at the 41st Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the SADC that was held on the…
22 November 2021
The SG (white mask) Ms. Boemo Sekgoma with RWPC Vice Chairperson Hon. Shally Raymond from Tanzania. Pic, SADC PF
GBV Model Law is a guiding instrument and not a mandatory benchmark – SADC PF Secretary General, Ms. Boemo Sekgoma
By Boemo Sekgoma SADC PF Secretary General At the end of a three-day joint virtual session of the Regional Women’s Parliamentary Caucus (RWPC) and Standing Committees of the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) from 15th…
19 November 2021
Children’s artworks cement longstanding cordial relations between Botswana and Japan
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The 8th annual Japan-Botswana Children’s Painting Exhibition has been showing at Ben Thema Primary School next to African Mall in Gaborone. The exhibition opened on November 11th and ended on Thursday…
19 November 2021
Nemadzivhani urges Batswana to use Setswana on Social Media
* “Botswana needs to make Setswana fashionable,” says Nemadzivhani * “African writers write in foreign languages to get more readers,” says Nemadzivhani. — Mashudu Nemadzivhani is an award-winning writer from Limpopo in South…
15 November 2021
Moreetsi Gabang
Moreetsi Gabang, the filmmaker, lights up screens with new release ‘Motswaka’
By Cynthia Thanda The Pan Afrikanist reporter Just like most stories, Moreetsi Gabang has always been compelled by the arts such as drawing and writing from a very young age. However, it was after his…
12 November 2021
