Russian President Vladimir Putin
Embassy of Russia in Botswana celebrates June 12, Russia Day
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman Every year on June 12, the Russian Federation celebrates Russia Day. On that day in 1990 the First Congress of People’s Deputies of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (RSFSR) adopted…
12 June 2023
Leading from the Front: SADC-PF Head H.E. Boemo Sekgoma appointed Patron of SADC Youth Parliament
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The Secretary General of Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF)Her Excellency Boemo Sekgoma is now the Patron for the SADC Youth Parliament. The official announcement was made by Washington Mumbamarwo the Head of Media,…
9 June 2023
Who blew up the Kakhovka dam? Terrorist methods and tactics abound in the Russia-Ukraine war
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The Ukrainian version By Dmytro Kuleba “In the early hours of June 6, 2023, Russian forces blew up the Kakhovka dam in the occupied territory in the south of Ukraine. This…
8 June 2023
Owen
The homosexuality of cultural imperialism
(C) Vanguard Newspaper I made acquaintance with a lady, Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade, about 1990. A few months later, my wife and I visited her in Ila Oragun where she was running a rural library,…
6 June 2023
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