All Quotes

"First, I must accept that being a minister or not is the prerogative of the President. I have been here (Minister) since the last elections and have served under two Presidents but now it is what it is and I have since accepted it. I don’t think the President has any obligation to consult me if he feels that my time in cabinet is over. But also I must not misinform myself into thinking the fact that I, being a minister means I am the best in the system. That is what I have always taught myself. I am not at war with the President and am not aware if there is anything of that kind. At least as far as am concerned I have always supported Masisi and I continue to, including today."

"My conscience remains very clear, I am not confused."

"The tendency to leak party or fellow democrat’s paraphernalia to social and mainstream media should cease. Inner party democracy is a must, and we should continue exercising this to win the hearts of many Batswana, and for us to cement our weight come the 2024 general elections."

"If someone comes to Botswana to visit a sick relative, nobody knows when they are going to be better, therefore the government cannot put a timeframe for such to have left the country of their origin. Doing such a thing is tantamount to infringing on their rights to live in their native country where their ancestors are."

"It is an autocracy."

"My time and energy are fully focussed on far more important matters. If I require answers I approach the Permanent Secretary or relevant officers and get my prompt answers there or at times I do engage the Ministers."

"BDP doesn’t have any independence of their minds. They are living in mental slavery under a dictatorial leadership."

"The Leadership Forum can only recommend. What will happen is that their recommendations will be passed to the Central Committee."

"There is no doubt that our President has his own personal problems. The biggest problem though is that people do not want to differentiate Moupo from the BNF."

"There is absolutely no way we can interfere on Moupo’s personal problems."

"As Secretary General, I am against Moupo stepping down at this very important moment. That would polarize the BNF and we would go into the elections as a bruised party."

"If I’m not a footballer I would have been a professional barber because I once owned a haircut salon and was very good at it."

"I want to make a career progress by taking my football skills abroad."

"Football is a team sport, and our results come from hard work and dedication."

"I love my new role because I want my name to be synonymous with goal scoring in the elite women’s league."

"It implores all of us in the engineering community to be creative and innovative as we apply ourselves to work in the entire engineering value chain."

"This will expedite both our fraternity’s and indeed Botswana’s developmental nexus to fully embrace the 4th Industrial Revolution."

"Government has embarked on the economic transformation drive to reduce dependence on mineral revenue and to generate growth based on competitiveness, productivity, efficiency and openness to the world."

"My ministry is working to set up a Construction Industry Authority to better expound regulation of the industry."

"In fact one of the terms of reference for the development managers is to come up with capacity building and competence development programmes for citizen contractors in line with the Economic Inclusion Act."

"It is important to emphasise that the fully auditable expression of interest process allowed for transparent, ethical, fair and competitive selection of development managers, ensuring that the most qualified and capable companies were shortlisted for the assignment."

"Members of Parliament should refrain from making allegations against people who are not members of Parliament hence cannot defend themselves, and we all know that this is prohibited by our standing orders."

"Infrastructure provided should be safe for people to use and you should always bear in mind the primary purpose of providing infrastructure, which is to connect people and communities."

"I encourage you to have catalyst project teams, supervise contractors and report timely."

"This is a policy that we have taken the past three years working on, and whose aim is to improve the investment climate in the minerals sector."

"It is our belief that the proposed amendments to these legislative instruments will improve the ease of doing business."

"Botswana's coal resource monetization remains as the country's area of focus in line with the already set coal roadmap."

"The government has viewed the development of this commodity as a key step to driving employment creation and diversifying the mining sector."

"He was a man who was driven by the desire to see his country grow into greater heights, he was steadfast and meticulous."

"I would like through this statement to rebuff such allegations and go on to brief this House on how the process or selection of DM was done."

"The thing is, I don't really mean to disappoint you and all that, but it doesn't really matter what you do to me; I'll never tell you where he is. We're going to destroy your silly little circus. We're going to bring you down."

"You know what will happen if you stop – but you dont know what will happen if you keep going, and the possibilities there are endless.” This means to me that no matter what it is always important to keep making your art, even if you think its bad, or no one cares, or there is no point. Because someday, someone will like it, and there will be a reason to it all, but theres no way you CAN get to that possibility if you stop. I think it is so important to keep in mind even small steps over time can create huge change in your practice when you look back."

"I have been making art for mostly my entire life, I started out drawing video game characters when I was a kid."

"During my time in college I was introduced to installation art and sculpture work, and I clicked with it right away. I really loved working with large sculptural pieces but it also gets hard to find space to store and make work like that, which is what lead me to soft sculpture & textiles."

"There is so much to learn when it comes to textile art, its so expansive in many different directions, and the experimentation that comes with fabrics and techniques makes it a never-ending learning experience which I love."

"Today I got to where I am just my simply continuing to make art. Making friends within the artist community will always get you places as you all learn and grow your craft together."

"Everybody knows my commitment and when you don’t see results, it’s discouraging."

"The players will play your mind and whatever you’ve impacted in them so in a way, they are playing your thoughts on the field so I feel like I’m on the pitch through the players."

"The whole cabinet was there."

"Being the only female coach on the technical team it is an honour and a privilege but I also see it as a challenge to put in my best and to be the torch bearer for the female coaches in Ghana and Africa to know that we can also do it. I am going to put in my best as I’ve always done and make sure that I’m a good role model for the younger female coaches and the players as well."

"My message to my female players is that, it’s never over when you stop playing football."

"There are more opportunities in the game and not just coaching but if they want to be coaches, they have to be tough and very focused because we are in a man’s world. They need to widen their knowledge space, learn and acquire more understanding about the game and I feel they can overcome any challenge that comes their way."

"You don’t need to feel you are competing with the men but rather learn from them because they started the game before us."

"Keep your confidence high and be alert and you can reach any height you set your eyes on."

"I like wrapped things like Egyptian mummies, American burial costumes, and other archaeological finds."

"I was always interested in Egyptian mummies […] but later on, during the Vietnam War, when I saw all these bodies in plastic bags […] then I thought of that whole thing too. […] The string does have to do with imprisonment. […] I am very concerned about the political prisoners all over the world, and of course it had to do with my own past experiences, where I was not tied up, but it does not mean literally, physically tied up. [Y]ou can be in prison without being in a locked room. You are imprisoned by your own fears, inhibitions, phobias."

"Everything I’ve done is a statement on the, as they say, ‘human condition."

"“I always think that if I let go and go into the large outer space, I won’t find my way back. It’s just fear of the unknown…and I don’t know if I could come back…. I have fear of the unknown in general, whereas other people want to go out and explore the unknown."

"Industrial hemp is clearly prohibited in Botswana in accordance with First Schedule of the Planet Protection Act of 2007, Cap 35:02, and also according to the Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act of 2018, Part II Section 6 (1)."

"any person who, without lawful authority, cultivates any plant which can be used or consumed as a narcotic drug or psychotropic substance, or form which a narcotic drug or narcotic substance can be extracted, commits and offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding P500, 000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 20 years or to both."