Reports

Chinese President Xi Jinping

Hold High the Great Banner of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and Strive in Unity to Build a Modern Socialist Country in All Respects

Report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China October 16, 2022 Xi Jinping Comrades,             On behalf of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), I will…

7 November 2022

Tidimalo Tities, a Bachelor of Media Studies (General) graduate takes a bow before Chancellor of the Universitry Tebeleo Seretse last week Friday 21st of October 2022 during UB's 40th graduation ceremony

University of Botswana (UB) outperforms UNISA in Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The University of Botswana is on the cusp of joining those universities that have been ranked among the world’s top 1,000 universities and entry into the top tier of global universities.…

25 October 2022

Labour Federations present their thoughts on what should inform the Constitutional review exercise

POSITION PAPER ON THE BOTSWANA CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW EXERCISE By Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU) and Botswana Federation of Public Private and Parastatal Sector Unions (BOFEPUSO) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The modern trend and best practice for…

13 October 2021

Ambassador HOSHIYAMA Takashi’s message on occasion of the official opening of Kazungula Bridge on 10th May

“The completion of the Kazungula bridge project is a monumental event. The project is the main part of the North-South Corridor which connects Zambia to the port of Durban, through Botswana. The corridor will be…

11 May 2021

Dr Lawrence Tax, SADC Executive Secretary

Remarks by SADC Executive Secretary Dr. Lawrence Stergomena Tax at the official commissioning of the Kazungula BridgeE

Your Excellency, Mr. Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Chairperson of the African Union and Guest of Honour, Your Excellency, Mr Filipe Jacinto Nyusi President of the Republic of…

11 May 2021

Address by President Dr. Mokgweetsi E.K. Masisi, on the occasion of the official opening of Kazungula Bridge

Date: 10th May 2021: My Co-Host, Your Excellency Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, President of the Republic of Zambia; Your Excellency Mr. Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chairperson of the…

11 May 2021

Press Summary of the 8th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party from April 16th to 19th in Havana

Cuba in Congress!   Beginning the 16th through the 19th, Cuba as a whole, represented by its delegates to the 8th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, gathered in the capital’s Convention Centre in…

20 April 2021

COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE EXTRAORDINARY DOUBLE TROIKA SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY MAPUTO, REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE

The Extraordinary Double Troika Summit (DTS) of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was held in Maputo, Republic of Mozambique, on 8thApril 2021. 2.The Double Troika Summit was…

8 April 2021

Agenda 2063

The Africa We Want THE VOICES OF THE AFRICAN PEOPLE We, the people of Africa and her Diaspora, united in diversity, young and old, men and women, girls and boys from all walks of life,…

5 April 2021

Cuban Ambassdor to Botswana H.E Patricia Pego with Journalist Ernest Moloi

“Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”

July 2020 Contexts Introduction 2 1. Continuity and intensification of the blockade policy. 5  1.1 Blockade laws in force. 5  1.2 Principal blockade measures applied from April 2019 to March 2020. 7  1.3 Implementation of…

2 March 2021

Participants at the Gauteng Climate Change Indaba

Premier Lesufi Optimistic About Gauteng’s Ability to Address Climate Change Challenges

Johannesburg, 1 December 2024 By Emmanuel Koro Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has expressed confidence that Gauteng has transitioned from addressing climate challenges through “an ad hoc programme” to a more permanent initiative led by a…

2 December 2024

SADC PF calls for Rights-Based Approach to HIV and AIDS on World AIDS Day 2024

By Moses Magadza The Secretary-General of the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) Ms Boemo Sekgoma, has underscored the need for a rights-based approach in the global response to HIV and AIDS. In…

2 December 2024

Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov

The exploitation of former colonies by colonial powers has never stopped – Russia’s FM, Sergey Lavrov tells Rossiyskaya Gazeta

Question: You represented Russia at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro. Shortly before that, a series of meetings with African foreign ministers took place in Sochi, a city that hosted the first ministerial conference of…

29 November 2024

Catherine Flon (1772-1831) was a Haitian seamstress, patriot and national heroine

The Warrior Women of the Antilles, the Tricoteuse Catherine Flon and the Flag which sparked the flames of World Revolutionary Movement

By Ambassador Phatse Justice Pitso 18 November 2024 History bequeaths the warrior women of the Amazons of the Latin American and the Caribbean archipelago, the most profound to have shaped the world by their example,…

27 November 2024

President Boko meeting Martin Rapaport, the chairman of the Rapaport Group and founder of the Rapaport Diamond Report and RapNet, an online diamond trading network

Joint campaigns with leading retailers in the US, India, and China position natural diamonds as the ultimate symbol of love and heritage

BY ADVOCATE DUMA GIDEON BOKO PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA FACETS 2024 THEME: “NAVIGATING A NEW ERA” DATE:         26 NOVEMBER 2024 VENUE:       HANDELSBEURS, ANTWERP, BELGIUM        Good morning to you all! Mr.…

27 November 2024

Ms Faiza Mohamed, Director of the Africa Office at Equality Now. Photo: Contributed.

Growing calls to end child marriage

By *Moses Magadza, Sylvia Obaga and Sally Ncube 26 November 2024 As the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence gathers momentum shortly after the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and…

26 November 2024