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DRIVE SAFE, DRIVE SOBER – know the facts
Remember, when it comes to the alcohol the breathalyser is testing, a drink is a drink is a drink. Don’t be fooled and know...
Dear Consumer’s Voice
I am a Botswana citizen and was looking for an online school and came across the AIU (Atlantic International University). Now they want me...
NEW PARK IN GABORONE
Kgalagadi Breweries (KBL) and Botswana Breweries (BBL) last Thursday donated a recreational park developed at a cost of over P300 000 Pula to the...
POLICE RELEASE UNSEEN VIDEO FROM 9/11
Previously unseen footage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks filmed from a police helicopter flying above the burning World Trade Centre has emerged almost ten...
CELEBRATION AND REFLECTION TIME
Botswana joins the world in commemorating Women’s Day
As the world commemorated International Women’s Day on Tuesday, women from all walks of life converged...
UB and SADC celebrate international women’s day centenary
By Kemang Banyatsang
The University of Botswana Gender Policy Programme committee in collaboration with SADC celebrated International Women's Day with reflections on the theme:...
Docu-Drama Coming Soon
BOSASNet and Baboneng Film Productions are in partnership to produce a six part docu-drama on the real life stories of the people of Botswana,...
Consumer’s Voice
Dear Consumer’s Voice
I went into a shop in Game city and bought a pair of designer jeans for P499. I then lay-byed another at...
Universal beauty
Single, good-looking and intelligent
For a year, young and beautiful Tirelo Ramasedi has been reigning Miss Universe Botswana, a title which saw her travelling to...
Consumer’s Voice
Dear Consumer’s Voice
I have subscribed to a funeral service provider called Lesedi funeral parlour and I am willing to terminate their service with them....
Alcohol and Innocence
It all started with a Joburg boy called Robin. I don’t even remember how we started kissing or when I realised we were going...
DRINKING AT 15
Continued from last week
It’s the following day (Saturday) The TV and VCR are now in the bush. The place where we hid the TV...
Tertiary Education Council host education fair
The Botswana Tertiary Education Council Fair which was first introduced in 2010 is on again this year and will take place from March 23...
Consumer’s Voice
Dear Consumer’s Voice
I bought a plot from another guy last year. I paid all the monies and we agreed that since the plot was...
The learned man
Training country’s lawyers
Lawyers are well known for calling each other ‘my learned friend’ because as one of them once said, they are the most...
Drinking aged 15
It was a normal Friday according to my standards: Go to school in the morning, but before class, have a little joint with my...
THE BIG DEBATE
Moral education divides public opinion
Publishers defend textbook
There have been mixed reactions from members of the public to sex education in schools and...
THE ART OF LIVING AND LOVING
Monday is Valentine’s Day, it is also the day that an Art of Living course starts in Francistown. Love is the Divine energy that...
Consumer’s Voice
Dear Consumer’s Voice
I bought Levi sneakers at JB Sports in Francistown on the 20th January. I bought the sneakers for P410 and wore them...
GROOVING IN THE GHETTO
It’s Friday night and I’ve been given P300 with the instruction to go out and have a good time in the Ghetto.
No, I haven’t...
Alcoholism and alcohol abuse effects on the family
Family members experience all kinds of physical, mental, and emotional problems as a result of living in a situation where alcoholism is found.
Many of...
YOU DON’T F*** WITH THE PRESIDENT
Court hears evidence as Kafalatis murder investigation opens
“ You don’t f*** with Ian Khama,” one of the accused in the John Kalafatis murder investigation...
Consumer’s Voice – 4th February 2011
Dear Consumer’s Voice #1
I got an email from Belford University saying that I was eligible for a “Special Scholarship Offer”. They said I will...
Giving directions
SSI holds career fair for the youth
Stepping Stones International (SSI) and its stakeholders will today (Friday) convene a career fair at Boseja...
STILL NO SPORTS DEVELOPMENT IN SCHOOLS
There is still no sports development in schools as the long awaited agreement between the teachers unions and the government is still yet to...
STEPS TO QUITTING SMOKING
Q: I want to quit smoking, please help me
Q: I am a chain smoker, I even wake up during the night to smoke.
A: Congratulations...
OWEN ON TOP
THE RISE ‘N RISE OF TSHABA TSHUTSHU
Like some people who wasted years in universities studying, and pursuing courses they will never utilise in their...
BUSINESS MINDED
A WOMAN WITH A PURPOSE-MARIA
Maria Machailo Ellis wrote her own piece of history in 2007 when she became the first woman to head Botswana...
HOW TO STOP SMOKING AND DRINKING
Q. I am addicted to marijuana, how can you help me to stop?
A. Unlike tobacco smoking, marijuana doesn't contain any chemicals that can be...
Consumer’s Voice
Dear Consumer’s Voice #1
I hope you can help me and my wife with a problem with our bank. My wife got a loan from...
Malaria cases set to increase
The country is likely to have high levels of malaria transmission due to above normal rainfall experienced in the past few weeks.
And already the...
THE EFFECTS OF COCAINE
Cocaine affects your brain.
The word "cocaine" refers to the drug in both a powder (cocaine) and crystal (crack) form. It is made from the...
Dear Consumer’s Voice
Dear Consumer’s Voice
I took a loan from FNB in September 2009 and in August 2010 I cleared my loan. I was told that I...
BNOC STEPS UP LONDON 2012 PREPARATIONS
The Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) continues to step up preparations for the London 2012 Olympic Game as the Games draw ever nearer.
Amongst other...
Consumer’s Voice
Dear Consumer’s Voice #1
Hello watchdogs. I’m really pleased to see the good services you have provided to consumers.
I just wanted to...
BIG WEEKEND 14/01/11
My Star 2011 underway
The country’s arguably biggest and most watched singing television talent show went underway last Saturday at Oasis Hotel. The show which...
BIG WEEKEND 07/01/11
CHANGES AT YARONA FM
Though an official statement has not been released yet BW has it on good authority that there would be some big...
I AM THE CHANGE
Miss Universe Botswana, Tirelo Ramasedi is scheduled to host a talk show at Cresta Thapama Hotel this coming Saturday in Francistown. The two hour...