Keletso Thobega

2 weeks ago | mmegi.bw | Keletso Thobega

Accounting officers should be held accountable Particular trepidations lie with the seemingly embedded nature of embellishing tender sums, in most cases without the barest minimum of authority. The worrying thing is that the inflated amounts run into millions of pula across the government ministries and departments. The Auditor General’s report of March ending 2022, which we cover extensively in this edition, paints a gloomy picture on management of the government coffers. It depicts the...

2 months ago | mmegi.bw | Keletso Thobega

Adopting climate resilient farming practices is key to bolstering the limping agricultural sector in Africa, and addressing food shortages. This will complement efforts to ensure that most African communities and households have access to affordable and quality nutrient dense food. Some buoyant development experts insist that Africa has the potential to feed itself and be a global food basket. But does it, or it is just a pipe dream?

Jan 30, 2025 | csmonitor.com | Keletso Thobega

Few places are as different as the country where Duma Boko was born in 1969 and the one where he became president last November. He began life in one of the poorest nations on Earth, which had only two dozen university graduates and 7 miles of paved roads. Five decades later, the former human rights lawyer leads one of Africa’s most prosperous states, lauded for bucking what’s known as the “resource curse” and using its diamond deposits to vastly reduce poverty.

Dec 4, 2024 | globalvoices.org | Keletso Thobega

By Keletso ThobegaAs of August 2020, Africa was declared free of wild poliovirus, a disease that had previously paralyzed thousands of children across the continent each year. This was a major milestone in the fight against polio, which began with the World Health Organization's Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988. This initiative led to a 99 percent decrease in new polio cases globally. However, of this virus has emerged in Southern Africa, largely linked to low immunization coverage.

Nov 3, 2024 | mg.co.za | Keletso Thobega

Nobody saw it coming.  “I don’t know what happened … what might have led to us losing power,” said Slumber Tsogwane last Friday. Tsogwane chairs the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which has governed since independence. A humiliating defeat in last week’s parliamentary elections has ended its 58-year rule. Tsogwane, like most other BDP MPs, has lost his seat. The party with the most seats in parliament appoints the president.