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Malawi's first-ever female Speaker of the National Assembly Rt. Hon. Catherine Gotani Hara, MP and Host Speaker for the Committee Session in the 51st SADC PF Plenary Assembly Session

Committee Sessions start in Johannesburg ahead of SADC PF 51st Plenary Assembly set for Malawi

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The Committee Sessions started in earnest Tuesday with the Rt. Hon. Catherine Gotani Hara, MP and Host Speaker for the Committee Session in the 51st SADC PF Plenary Assembly Session welcoming…

27 April 2022

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and Russia's President Vladimir Putin attend a press conference after a summit on Ukraine at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, on December 9, 2019. - Leaders aim for new withdrawal of forces from Ukraine conflict zones by March 2020, according to a communique on December 9, 2019. (Photo by CHARLES PLATIAU / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CHARLES PLATIAU/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia doesn’t have plans to use weapons of mass destruction

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation possesses the information related to the preparation of provocations by the Ukrainian regime with the support of the United States and NATO countries…

26 April 2022

University of Botswana law students made their voices heard loud and clear regarding what they want the review of the country's Constitution to include during the recent Colloquium

Botswana Youth make their voices heard in the historical review of the Republic’s Constitution

Cynthia Thanda What are you doing as a youth in Botswana during this Constitutional Review? Are you playing your responsibility as the future generation of this country? The youth of Botswana have been given a…

23 April 2022

Dr. Onkemetse Tshosa. A senior Law Lecturer at the University of Botswana and a former Judge of the SADC Tribunal, emphasising a point

Calls for the reform of the judiciary grow louder

Cynthia Thanda (The Pan Afrikanist) Like any other government institution, the judiciary is important and dynamic and requires a very effective response to the needs of the ever-changing world. Speaking at the colloquium to deliberate…

9 April 2022

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French language teachers from Botswana, Eswatini, and Zambia learn new teaching methods in Les Assises du Français

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman Gaborone, the capital city of Botswana, hosted the first regional tour of the ‘Les Assises du Français’ – a French language pedagogy programme designed to enhance the learning methods of local…

5 April 2022

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Two days’ Online Ministerial Meeting prefaces TICAD 8 Summit planned for Tunisia later this year in August

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development(TICAD 8) is set to take place from the 27th to the 28th of August this year in Tunisia. But before the summit conference,…

26 March 2022

Left to right: Saleh Hijazi, head of Amnesty International Palestine; Jamal Juma, head of Stop The Wall Campaign and founding member of the BDS Movement; Safwat Ibraghith, Palestinian Ambassador to Senegal; Nkozi Zwelivelile Mandela (South African Parliamentarian and grandson of Nelson Mandela); Roshan Dadoo, South African BDS Coalition; and Emma Nyerere, Pan African Women's Organisation (and granddaughter of Tanzanian liberation icon, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere)

African Activists Vow To Fight Israeli Apartheid At Historic Dakar Meeting

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman Civil society activists from 21 countries across Africa have pledged to intensify the fight against Israel’s apartheid practices against the Palestinian people; isolate Israel in the same way that apartheid South…

23 March 2022

Award winning Actor Donald Molosi is President of the Upright African Movement

Award-winning Actor, Donald Molosi calls on fellow Actors to say No to Audition Fees

by Donald Molosi As I reflect on two decades of my professional stage career, I realize that mine is an unexpected story having grown up in a Botswana without TV but aspiring to one day…

19 March 2022

Nompendulo Shabangu’s book, Perspective, explores the common thread of grief in people

Cynthia Thanda Some write notes. Some write poetry. Some write articles. And then there are those who write books. Join the PanAfrikanist family as we welcome another author, Nompendulo Shabangu, who has blessed our table…

18 March 2022

Isaac Makwala and his peers mentioned among the country's successful personages

Botswana and Batswana are a unique value proposition, says President Dr. M.E.K Masisi

 The Pan Afrikanist Watchman Dubai, Saturday, March 12, 2022 Botswana and Batswana are “a unique value proposition”, President Dr. Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi has told a welcome cocktail for Team Botswana that is participating at…

13 March 2022

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Where Wildlife Populations ‘Vote’ For International Hunting

By Emmanuel Koro Johannesburg, 21 May 2025 When the Kariba Dam wall was built across the Zambezi River to generate hydroelectric power for Zimbabwe and Zambia, its engineers likely never imagined it would one day…

22 May 2025

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Botswana Stands with Palestine: Nakba Day 2025 Solidarity March

Cynthia Thanda TPA reporter Green, white, black, and red—the colors of the Palestinian flag—were the only ones that mattered on 17 May 2025, as Batswana gathered at Tsholofelo Community Hall for a solidarity march in…

18 May 2025

Lesotho’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Mokhethi Shelile. Photo: Contributed.

Lesotho’s Trade Minister urges rethink of global trade amid the tariff crisis

By Moses Magadza WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – The Kingdom of Lesotho’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Mokhethi Shelile, has advocated for a radical reimagining of global trade, warning that the recent imposition of reciprocal tariffs…

17 May 2025

End the Ongoing Nakba: DITSHWANELO Calls for Urgent Action

DITSHWANELO – The Botswana Centre for Human Rights stands in solidarity with the global community in commemorating International Nakba Day on 15 May. This year marks 77 years since the beginning of the Nakba in…

17 May 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin ready for talks with Ukraine

Putin Calls for Renewed Peace Talks with Ukraine, Urges Immediate Dialogue

Moscow, Russia – Following a series of commemorative events marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a late-night statement emphasizing Russia’s willingness to engage in peace…

11 May 2025

“General Langley’s Accusations Against Traoré: A Flashpoint in Africa’s Struggle for Sovereignty”

By Fortune Madondo Of General Michael Elliott Langley’s Accusations  Michael Langley Michael Elliott Langley is the sixth commander of the United States (US) Africa Command (AFRICOM) and the first black four-star general in the United…

10 May 2025