Employee… or Freelancer? How Your Job Status Could Shape Your Rights
When you start work in Botswana, whether you are labelled an employee or an independent contractor can completely change your rights, protections, and remedies under the law. This is not just legal fine print,...
Jonathan JaroschekAugust 17, 2025
Employee… or Freelancer? How Your Job Status Could Shape Your Rights
When you start work in Botswana, whether you are labelled an employee or an independent contractor can completely change your rights, protections, and remedies under the law....
Jonathan JaroschekAugust 17, 2025
Exposed to GBV as a Child? Here’s How It Might Be Shaping Your Love Life
Trauma can manifest in different forms, from physical to emotional and psychological. While physical trauma can be healed, psychological and emotional trauma can...
Young Womens Leadership ClubJuly 21, 2025
Behind the Badge: Unmasking Police Brutality
In a country like Botswana, where democratic governance and the rule of law are often praised, police brutality and abuse of power remain...
Katlo RabasakaJuly 21, 2025
When ‘I Do’ Doesn’t Always Mean Yes
Non-consensual sexual intercourse between spouses remains a debatable issue in Botswana. Rape is defined under Section 141 of the Penal Code as unlawful...
Katlo RabasakaJuly 21, 2025
Trapped Without Cash: The Silent Side of GBV
Economic abuse and dependence is one of the key factors that keeps many victims trapped in abusive relationships more especially women. Economic abuse occurs...
Young Womens Leadership ClubJuly 21, 2025
When Silence Speaks: Rethinking Bystander Responsibility in the Face of GBV in Botswana
As Elie Wiesel once warned, “We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”...
Young Womens Leadership ClubJuly 21, 2025
Are Botswana’s Cybercrime Laws Keeping Up?
Botswana is making strides in cybersecurity, but its laws are struggling to keep up with rapidly evolving threats. While the introduction of key...
Aone MotlalengJuly 21, 2025
Crazy in Love… or Just Crazy?
We are now in an era where loving, safe, and healthy relationships are becoming extinct, and we see toxic, abusive, and unhealthy relationships...
Young Womens Leadership ClubJuly 24, 2025
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Friends in High Places, Money in the Wrong Ones
The call to be a leader is one that shouldn’t really be desired. It calls for an individual to be the main and...
Prince SaulosiJuly 24, 2025
Why the Battle Between BCP and UDC Will Define Botswana’s Future
The truth: The UDC proclaimed themselves as heroes of the republic, but let us imagine that politics was a game of chess and...
Prince SaulosiJuly 23, 2025
100 Days Later: Is the UDC Already Failing the People?
At the tip of the everyday Motswana’s tongue was the removal of the BDP. What once seemed like a dream that could never...
Prince SaulosiJuly 21, 2025
The Party That Lost Its Way: A Retrospective on BDP Leadership
In 1966, a new republic was born. While it showed no signs of hope for the British imperialists, it meant a lot to...
Prince SaulosiJuly 21, 2025
Gender Wars: Tackling the Sexist Nature of Botswana’s Legal and Justice System
There are systemic orders that the world is obligated to dismantle, including racism, imperialism, and cultural prejudices. Among them lies the unfortunate existence...
Prince SaulosiJuly 20, 2025
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Are Batswana Being Shut Out of Their Own Laws?
Botswana is a democracy. We vote for a political party whose vision aligns with ours, expecting it to make laws in our favour. It is a fundamental legal principle that these...
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The call to be a leader is one that shouldn’t really be desired. It calls for an individual to be the main and...
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From Kanye to Serowe: Why Tribal Politics Still Matter in Botswana
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Montlatsi MasalilaJuly 23, 2025
Employee… or Freelancer? How Your Job Status Could Shape Your Rights
When you start work in Botswana, whether you are labelled an employee or an independent contractor can completely change your rights, protections, and remedies under the law....
Jonathan JaroschekAugust 17, 2025
SRC Union’s Calculated Calm: Steering Student Power Toward Strategic Protest?
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Shatho MorganAugust 2, 2025
In Botswana, You Can Acquire Property Ownership After 30 Years of Continuous Possession
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Jonathan JaroschekJuly 25, 2025
If They Lived Here: FIFA Stars Would Owe Botswana Over P900 Million in Tax
As the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup kicks off, fans worldwide are watching not only for the goals but also the staggering fortunes...
Jonathan JaroschekJuly 24, 2025
Employee… or Freelancer? How Your Job Status Could Shape Your Rights
When you start work in Botswana, whether you are labelled an employee or an independent contractor can completely change your rights, protections, and remedies under the law. This is not just legal fine print,...
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