Tebelelo Seretse

"“If people had huge tenders, assets they must pay tax and declare where they are getting the assets”"

"“because I thought the voice of women was not heard,” but also cautions that it is not an easy life. Candidates must often fund their own races, making financial security important. Women often get discouraged and quit politics,"

"“Until and unless you change the constitution, that in the constitution you have a requirement that there must be equality at all levels, you are not going to get it right.”"

"You are either in chieftainship where there are certain laws and code of conduct such as being political because you are a chief for everybody or a politician"

"There is no such thing as Africa. To continue talking about Africa clouds our academia"

"Botswana is the most peaceful country on the African continent"

"I never want any woman to put herself down"

"Sometimes when I look at all the good that Rwanda is doing following the genocide, I think it is because they have women (in political office)"

"We need to move away from just talking about democracy---we need to talk about participation in democrary"

"From Botswana point of view we were democratic before we became independent"