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TURNING TO FACE THE CHANGE
Apr. 26 | I am convinced that “change” is the most elusive and difficult thing to manage. We live in a fast changing world but somehow nothing prepares us to formulate relevant responses to match the “change elements” that confront us with...
Love or Money
Apr. 19 | ART: some work requires passion There are two very different way to decide what you want to do for a living. The first is to find something that you love to do, like painting pictures, teaching children or playing a musical instrument, and then...
ASK GASE 19.04.13
Apr. 19 | MY FRIEND HAS BEEN SECRETLY ‘COUNSELLING’ MY GIRLFRIEND Dear Gase I’m a young man aged 25 and my girlfriend is 20. We have been together for three years. Right now we have a problem because I came across some text messages on her phone,...
MA MOSOJANE’S TRADITIONAL WISDOM
Apr. 19 | Although SA president Jacob Zuma has done his best to reverse the trend, it was only during the colonial era that plural marriage was perceived as taboo, Traditionally in Africa polygamy has existed as an aspect of culture or/and religion. But whilst...
BESSIE HEAD LITERATURE AWARDS BACK IN BUSINESS
Apr. 19 | This year the Bessie Head Literature Awards are being run again, sponsored by The Bessie Head Heritage Trust and Pentagon Publishers. They’d put out a call for submissions with a deadline on the 23 March, 2013, but it wasn’t that widespread so...
Consumer’s Voice – 19th April 2013
Apr. 19 | I LOST MY COROLLA TO A CROOKED CAR DEALER Dear Consumer Voice, In November I sold my 2002 Toyota Corolla to a car dealer for P40 000. The agreement was that they would pay me in instalments. I received a cash total of P3000 the same date and got...
Head Games
Apr. 12 | EVRA-THING: but where’s the goal? “Winning is everything.” That seems to be a common belief these days. You hear it all the time when football matches and strategies are discussed, but some people also apply it to the way they live...
Consumer’s Voice – 12th April 2013
Apr. 12 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 I would like to get an advice from you concerning one of the motorbike dealers in Gabz as a matter of an urgency as I have already written them a communication that I am returning my motorbike to them for refund should they...
MY PRESIDENT THINKS READING IS BORING
Apr. 12 | In a recent interview reported in one of the midweek papers, President Ian Khama repeated, yet again, that he thinks reading is boring. This is the second time that a national paper has reported the president uttering such a statement. I’m shocked that...
A DEEPER SHADE OF SOUL
Apr. 12 | “A nation without a culture is a nation without a soul,” is an often-repeatedslogan inspired by Sir SeretseKhama’s famous declaration back in 1970. And whilst the first President’s actual words referred to a ‘people without a past,’ the issue...
Consumer’s Voice – 5th April 2013
Apr. 5 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 In December 2012, I made a lay-be for a pair of shoes at a shop in Game City Mall, Gaborone. As per the receipt issued to me, I was told my lay-bye expires on the 31/03/2013. With that in mind, on the 28/03/2013 I made...
ASK GASE 05.04.13
Apr. 5 | THEY BLAME ME FOR THE DIVORCE DEAR GASE, Growing up I was raised by my uncle and mum, so I got used to calling my uncle dad…such that I ended up taking his surname. At that time, I thought the guy my sisters and brother always visited was my dad,...
Facing the Music
Apr. 5 | Okay, so maybe there are times when honesty is not the best policy. I have to admit most of our best films, novels, TV series and many other forms of entertainment wouldn’t be possible if someone wasn’t trying to hide the truth; but in our everyday...
FAMOUS POET HOLDS WEEKLY SESSIONS AT GABS LIBRARY
Apr. 5 | I recently interviewed academic and acclaimed poet, Tiro Sebina about his weekly poetry sessions held at the Gaborone Public Library. Tell the readers a bit about your poetry writing sessions held at the library in Gaborone. TS: The poetry sessions...
ALCOHOL AND SAFE SEX
Mar. 29 | As we continue to recognize March as the “Month of Youth Against AIDS”, this week BOSASNet shares a few facts and tips about Alcohol and Safe Sex. How and why alcohol affects sexual behavior? • Excessive use of Alcohol interferes with decision-making...
LEFT HOLDING THE BABY
Mar. 29 | ASSESSING THE DAMAGE – A QUESTION OF PERSPECTIVE When affixing the label ‘Discrimination Against Women’ I sometimes wonder if the tag can be used to hide moments of female weakness as much as it does to expose the power wielded by the so-called...
Consumer’s Voice – 29th March 2013
Mar. 29 | Dear Consumer’s Voice #1 I bought a brand new car from a certain garage about three years ago. After six months it had a factory fault which they said was electrical and I had a new computer-box fixed at their expense. Now this car dealership...
Team Work
Mar. 29 | LOST CAUSE: San Marino 0 – 8 England Sometimes the result doesn’t matter. Last week, the San Marino football team got stuffed in a World Cup qualifier by an England team ranked more than 200 places above them. You might have seen it. The 8...
MEANWHILE IN THE WORLD OF BOOKS…
Mar. 29 | OSCAR PISTORIUS BOOK IN THE PIPELINE Pan Macmillan South Africa has announced that it has signed a deal with two journalists, Mandy Wiener and Barry Bateman, for the book Behind the Door: The Oscar and Reeva Story. Bateman was one of the first journalists...
