"It is every athlete’s dream to compete in the Olympics and the competition is stiff. We might have qualified via wild card but in every sport, anything can happen. I am going there to compete not to make up the numbers."

"When it started there was not much - we didn't have women in the BDF (Botswana Defence Force) or football and everybody is now following."

"So this is just the beginning. I'm the beginning of women's boxing in the country."

"I am happy to have won the championship. Many people have improved, the last time I played here there were not many woman candidate masters, today we have about three kids with those titles and I was really impressed with the way they played."

"My strength also comes from the fact that I still want to work and share what I have with other people so we all can have better lives"

"In terms of numbers we were almost equal but men had an upper hand and louder voices. It was like women didn’t exist. And since I was teaching in the rural areas I also interacted a lot with the local women where I realized that women were carrying more than enough on their shoulders"

"In those days the gender agenda was still very foreign but since it was something within me when the time came to advance it, there was no turning back"

"For us to raise the girl child at the same level in rural and urban areas, we need to give them the chance to speak for themselves, to tell us what they need, their choices and what their visionary paths are"

"society today should rather dissect the culture to examine whether it advantages or disadvantages the girl child. There is need to educate the girl child, and the right approach to this will nurture girls with the right self-esteem and resourcefulness, she said."

""I set my goals and achieved them because we trained well and were ready. The only problem we faced is that we had to travel to Mozambique with a car and arrived there tired and fatigued which had an impact on our performances,”"

"I later asked my father why he chose to migrate with me of all his children and he told me he had seen that I was strong and would grow up to be even stronger"

"When I came back home for my secondary school in Mochudi I was the only girl in a class of seven and fortunately or unfortunately I happened to be the most intelligent. This made me a subject of talk and ridicule by the boys who were somehow bitter that they were being overshadowed by a girl. It was then that I realized it was sometimes an issue to be a girl"

""Connect girls and inspire them for the future."

"there have been historical imbalances from the traditional socialisation of boys and girls under which the boy child was socialised to be more economically empowered.However, the pioneer gender activist warned against any attempts at tinkering with the status quo"

"I want us not to quarrel with this culture, we must appreciate it because after all a nation without a culture is a lost nation"

"“Last month in Montreal, Canada, at the International AIDS Conference, the world learned that Botswana had achieved and exceeded the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets: with 95 per cent of the population being aware of their HIV status, 98 per cent of those on treatment and 98 per cent of those are virally suppressed.""

"" This was a remarkable and noble step for a head of state,”"

"This was a strong message to the world about defending the rights of all citizens."

""President Masisi underscored this when he met with LGBTQI+ activists soon afterwards and pledged the government’s support for the community."

"“The people of the United States appreciate and honor our enduring partnership,”"

"“In many ways, the Declaration of Independence adopts the guiding values of botho, including its respect for fellow citizens, the collective responsibility of society, and the importance of being a good human being,”"

"“These are the ideals laid out in the Declaration of Independence, and they are the guiding force for our work at home and abroad,”"

"“No issue however arise there from as even if he was, he (Thusoyaone Motaung) should not be entitled to the chieftainship as Gaeboelwe abdicated his position and my father (Pego Seipone) was subsequently appointed as the substantive chief,”"

"Name was submitted to the main Kgotla by the Uncle Mr July Seipone at a meeting held in May 2011."

"“The Kang community accepted my name with the only objections coming from Thusoyaone Motaung and family,”"

"“an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”"

"Strategic planning and innovative approaches were needed to ensure that existing gaps in the remaining populations were closed."

"“We require additional socio-behavioral and legal policy supports to ensure that they have access to invaluable HIV prevention and treatment services,”"

"My desire is to witness more Batswana female footballers plying their trade in other countries."

"“Zimbabwe is a strong side, hence our preparations should also be up to standard,”"

"Compared to our first game, we managed to start the ball at the back going wide, so generally I think we played much better."

"“This will be our first time in the Afcon, so it shows that football in Botswana has really been growing in the past two years. One thing our coach did was introducing us to the senior team when we were still very young. If you look at our team right now, most of them are 96/97 and have been playing for the national team for about four-five years. It shows that when you play a young squad, in the future you will get results,” she says."

"“I am honoured. Thank you everyone for the love and support.”"

"My interest in my field was solely based on soccer. Going to college was never a part of my plan. I did not plan for school because of the ego I had towards my athletic talent. Fortunately, everything does not always go according to plan.""

"“I feel blessed to have incredible teammates, coaches, and physios around me because they have been extremely helpful during my lengthy injury layoff. It was not an easy period for me, but I am glad that those injury days are over and I am happy to be back in action."

"I was never offered a good deal to play professional soccer and even worse, I suffered an injury that almost ruined my whole soccer career."

"“I’ve always wanted to put out my own body of work because I felt like I have a lot to say through my music. I am a genre fluid musician, who just makes all kinds of music and I don’t believe in categories.”"

"“I started singing since my consciousness, and I haven’t stopped since. Music has always been a vital part of my life, mainly because I come from a musical family. It has always been my way of expressing myself. I was always the child that never talked about emotions, so I used Music as a way of me communicating how I feel.”"

"“The first song I ever learnt to sing was Maxwell’s ‘This Woman’s Work’ when I was in Standard One. He’s one of the artists who’ve taught me how to always put all my emotions into my performances."

"“I couldn’t be happier to be the first live performing artist from Botswana to grace their main stage. Thank you to MultiChoice Botswana for always making way for creatives in Botswana outside of the country.”"

"“it took me 5 years and I was born on the 5th, hence the title Grace, because biblically 5 is the number of Grace. The theme is Yin and Yang, if you notice my dress code is mostly black and white. The EP tells a story of the ups and downs of so many love stories.”"

"“To keep a clean sheet on my return made it even sweeter for me."

"An artistic attacker with goals to her name."

"I am confident that we will qualify for #WorldChamps because we have a very robust team. Come on #TeamBW #WorldRelays"

"Things like washing-up after meals, cleaning the classrooms, working in the gardens, preparing the playing fields have much to teach the somewhat careless, superficial teenager."

"Yes, we must endeavour to be global citizens, learning from each other - learning from the variety of solutions which have been arrived at for what could have been essentially the same problem - but we must retain our individuality, our culture, our beliefs - those things which make us different, those things that make us what we are."

"We ask for bread and you give us stones."

"There is a big part for me, as a woman, to play."