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"The Press treated their marriage as front-page news. Here, flouting all the dangers he knew to be implicit in [inter-racial marriage], was the scion of the ancient and illustrious House of Khama...And here, seeking to be an African queen, was an English working girl who had been reared to expect nothing more exotic than a semi-detached house in one of London’s great dormitories and a husband who every morning would don his bowler hat, seize his umbrella and catch a red double-decker bus to the city."
"This was a way of showing Batswana that BURS understands that Covid-19 affected everyone with businesses coming to a halt – not everyone was making an income. We are trying our level best as BURS to ensure that Batswana comply."
"We have to make sure that there are developments in the country. All Batswana benefit from taxes – this is why every eligible person should be responsible enough to play their part and pay their taxes."
"We ask for bread and you give us stones."
"Our aim is to disseminate information, interact with the public at large and assist with tax matters. I therefore implore you to make use of our visit and engage with us optimally"
"'I hate drinking. I do not like what other teenagers are doing at weekends,'"
"We learn a lot from the elderly."
"It is such grassroots programs that are helping young people to develop an interest in aviation and engineering. Botswana is one of the few countries in which Airbus Foundation has launched the famed Little Engineers Discovery program"
"To date, we have flown close to 400 students in partnership with Air Botswana and the Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana"
"I have fulfilled my dreams. I hope to inspire young women to be fearless in pursuing what sets their souls on fire. I want to teach them to be brave enough to explore uncharted territory and make strides in male-dominated industries"
"But even then, I did not get the blessing of my parents"
"There were times I felt like throwing in the towel but, I liked the idea of serving my country, and at the back of my mind, I also wanted to see myself in the cockpit of a military plane"
"I realized that teaching was not my passion"
"At the time, as a girl in my community, the best you could do was be a nurse or a teacher. There was little inspiration to be a pilot. I had to rely on my own research and the little career guidance to learn more about aviation."
"This initiative will train 30 youth aged between 18 and 35 years for three months and equip them with the latest skills in CV writing, social media and digital branding, and business planning, among others"
"What happens on stage remains on stage and what happens at home is different. We know how to differentiate the two."
"The music business is very tricky in that you need someone who understands the pressures that come with the business."
"The aim is to make those in the rural areas to know that they can be anything they want to be and not be intimidated by where they come from."
"Our main aim is to teach them about confidence and to boost their self-esteem. The programme teaches them to know who they are and to believe in themselves."
"In these workshops I realised that a lot needed to be done since many did not want to get out of the shell."
"We should not act like politicians. In fact, politicians appear to fight in public yet work together in the background and fool the people into fighting. As musicians, if we are to fight, let us battles on stage through music."
"I will do my best at this year’s COSAFA and hope to retire on a high note by winning it."
"My dream is to be the coach and I think I am on the right track. I also want to encourage young females to play football as it is the next big thing."
"I have been playing for over a decade in the national team and also as the skipper. I’m very satisfied having made sacrifices, good efforts, mistakes and wise choices, and I want to thank Batswana who have been supportive."
"I always wondered how it would be to be in the sky like a bird, flying that huge machine."
"This is one the one of the games you don’t know whether to be happy or to be sad, because of such huge achievement, but I will just say thank you God, players and the technical team and everyone who put an input in such historic moment."
"You don’t have to give up football to be a mother"
"We are so happy as this is for the time happening and excitement need to be of great magnitude, we thank everyone who supported us, everyone who rallied behind us and most importantly I would like to thank God and the technical team, if it wasn’t them, we would not be here."
"Everything has its own timing, we are going to prepare for Morocco the same way we prepared for Zimbabwe, we are here because we worked really hard and we deserve to be there at Morocco."
"Therefore, seven years ago I started Dare to Dream, to give the upcoming generation a chance I never had!"
"Setting new national records was an indication that athletes were at their peak performance and that the upcoming national meets would be mouthwatering with the positive performance."
"We just need to channel the youth in the right direction to take advantage of the technological era, and prepare them for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and the businesses of tomorrow, which will be definitely different from the businesses of today,” she says."
"In other African countries such as Rwanda, you’ll find that coding and robotics are part of the curriculum"
"I started Dare to Dream to give back to the community and to try and open up their eyes to opportunities that they wouldn’t otherwise be exposed to"
"This time around I knew nobody was going to stand on my way, now I was going to follow my dreams. My mother cried. I told her “No mother, this is my dream, this what I want; this is what resonates in my hear"
"It is time to give younger players an opportunity to play in the national team."
"When I was growing up as a dusty little village girl, I never had the chance to sit down with a pilot nor see the inside of a flying machine until I had the opportunity to fly it"
"When I was growing up, I never had the chance to sit like this with a pilot or get into an airplane until I had the chance to fly one. After I qualified as a pilot, I sat down and thought: ‘What can I do to give the upcoming generation, especially those who grew up in a village, like me, an opportunity to do that?’"
"Forbes - at the #ForbesUnder30 Summit in Botswana, Ouma Sekokole (April 2022)"
"Summiting Everest (And Africa’s Cancer Crisis) | Forbes Under 30 Africa (May 2022)"
"You need to have your ability to explore your human potential, which needs a lot of discipline, focus, positivity and removing all the negativity that is around you"
"As a climber, it's not about the summit, it's about the process"
"I’ve had my fair share of severe depression and anxiety a few years ago which has had an impact on my life. This experience taught me the value of self-love and self-care which I continue to grow in."
"After months of feeling deprived of expressing my creativity while I was studying for my accounting degree, I just decided to START! I decided to start where I was, with what I had and who I had."
"Celeb Edition With Boemo Dibeela Nyadza (08 March 2022)"
"Stakeholders should do more about professionalism, which will help them maximize quality products."
"Rea Kopi Opens Up About How She Has Struggled With Depression (12 November 2020)"
"The Broadcasting journey is not all rosey, there are good days and very low and bad days."
"‘The world is upside down and human rights are forgotten in most instances’"
"Women profiles: Sanji Monageng (February 2017) Retrieved 20/07/2022"