Lance Corporal (Rt) Jacobus Jan Matthys (middle) is the proud recipient of a house donated by the BDF, whose Commander, Lt. Gen Placid Segokgo stands tall and proud next to him as he cuts the ribbon to mark the official handover
Botswana Defence Force raises P325 000 and rescues Lance Corporal Jacobus Jan Matthys from misery
Cynthia Thanda TPA Features Writer Botswana Defence Force is not only concerned with protecting citizens from aggressors, but it also occasionally shows compassion for the less privileged in society. This display of generosity and charity…
24 May 2022
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US Human Rights Delegation Detained in Western Sahara
WASHINGTON, D.C./Boujdour, Western Sahara, May 23, 2022 A US delegation of women with the JustVisitWestern Sahara initiative is being detained in Western Sahara today by the Moroccan authorities at Laayoune Airport. The US delegation was…
24 May 2022
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Revolutionary friendship between China & Africa hailed
The Pan Afrianist Watchman On the 17th of May, China’s Vice Foreign Minister Deng Li attended the Symposium Commemorating the Centenary of the Birth of Tanzania’s Founding President Julius Nyerere via video link. Deng Li…
23 May 2022
Prosper Lorato has made history as the first-ever independent candidate to be elected UB SRC President
New University of Botswana SRC President Prosper Lorato commits to doing the will of the students
Cynthia Thanda History was made on the 17th of May 2022 when Prosper Lorato, an independent candidate, emerged victorious in the University of Botswana Student Representative Council (SRC) Presidential elections. This means that the next…
21 May 2022
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North Carolina Partnership Programme Expands Cooperation and Partnership in Botswana
Press Release The U.S. Embassy in Botswana was honoured to host Major General M. Todd Hunt, the Adjutant General, North Carolina National Guard, April 26-28 in Gaborone. The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) and the North…
19 May 2022
Shireen Abu-Akleh’s murder is a reflection of Palestine’s ongoing Nakba
On 15 May, Palestinians commemorated the Nakba, or “catastrophe” – the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948 to make way for the creation of the state of Israel. Israel’s creation entailed the forced expulsion of…
17 May 2022
UB SRC elections dogged by allegations of vote rigging
University of Botswana Student Representative Council elections get off to a controversial start
Cynthia Thanda Does the 13-0-0 work for student governance at UB, that is the question. This year’s University of Botswana Student Representative Council (SRC) elections are laced with some drama for the UDC Moono-Wa-Baithuti (the…
16 May 2022
Western Sahara, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Gibraltar Take Centre Stage, as Pacific Regional Seminar on Decolonization Continues
Extract: CASTRIES, Saint Lucia, 12 May — The long-standing question of decolonizing Western Sahara, the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)*, and Gibraltar took centre stage today, as the Pacific Regional Seminar on Decolonization entered its second day. Held…
14 May 2022
Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic becomes the 43rd African Union Member State to ratify the Protocol on Women’s Rights
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) has ratified the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. According to Ms. Doreen Apollos,…
6 May 2022
A social worker investigating teen pregnancies in a rural African village stops at nothing, including fighting her inner demons, to protect children from abuse. Directors: Jenny H. Ledikwe & Isaac Leano Marumo Release Date: 2021 Duration: 50 mins Production: Botswana Genre: Docu-drama
European Film Festival runs from 4th to 7th May 2022 in Gaborone and 13th to 14th May in Maun
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The Alliance Française of Gaborone and the delegation of the European Union to Botswana and SADC are pleased to present the fourth edition of the European Film Festival in Botswana. Through…
4 May 2022
