"The approach will not bear any fruits. Trying to fix or calibrate a piece of equipment that you did not design or you are not trained to fix will be a total disaster."

"I did not even bother to appeal, but what I can confirm is that it is very costly. Some people would fail to appeal because they do not have traveling resources."

"A number of those cancers that could be preventable develop because either our communities have not had enough sensitisation or education or we have not adequately addressed primary prevention."

"That is how alarming the situation is and hence my statement that cancer is threatening to decimate our nations, to make matters worse, the burden and the mortality from the three is on decline whereas that of cancer is on the rise."

"Madam Speaker, shortly after the commencement of our work, law enforcement agencies started to vigorously investigate the same issue, which then led to arrests of certain persons, some of whom were very key to our review and some who indeed had appeared before us."

"I am still considering whether to contest as independent candidate or not. I have not finalised on the matter. It is not true that I have already registered with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) as independent candidate. Consultations with my constituents are on going. I am a BNF member in good standing and my constituents might encourage me to stay in the party. There is nothing wrong with someone consulting because I do not tarnish the name of the party in anyway."

"This year’s theme is signalingprogress in that we are now focused towardsconsolidating strategic partnershipsbetween Government and the Private Sector."

"The tax income from the companies in Botswana Innovation Hub as well as the tax collected from the employees in Hub is also a national resource that will benefit all Batswana, including those in rural areas."

"I also wish to reiterate government’s long standing belief that the private sector is pivotal for accelerated growth of our economy through both formal and informal sectors."

"These examples are a blatant disregard of our labor laws and safety best practice."

"There is too much usage and waste of water in schools, hospitals and government buildings hence the debate to change building standards."

"I think they should have approached us with the allegations before printing it but they did not and chose to write the falsehoods."

"As it stands I do not have a reason to close those dams."

"On the other hand these small dams assisted us. These dams act as catchment areas for sand. This means the final product that reaches Gaborone dam is largely water and if you go to Gaborone dam now you will realise that the dam is free of sand."

"Radio brings unity in the nation, informs people and provides platform for peaceful dialogue."

"The Reset Agenda priority of digitilisation speaks to inclusivity, which the Botswana digital transformation strategy, dubbed Smart Botswana is focused on."

"It is a place where democracy manifests itself in the form of consultation and public participation from both the government and the governed. The kgotla serves as a neutral place where customary law is implemented and justice is served."

"It is only through self-help projects, partnerships and or donor funding from development partners such as the honorary consulate of the democratic socialist Republic of Sri Lanka that we can realise our development agenda and goals."

"Owing to serious budgetary constraints throughout the years, even with the advent of the Ipelegeng programme, this project never kicked off but will from today finally see the light of day thanks to the generosity of the Honorary Consulate of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka."

"The policy should be clear about the foreigners. They should hire and rent not to own land and homes as a requirement. They have their land and homes in their original countries."

"At Block 8 Batswana no longer own land as it has been bought by the Nigerians and Indians."

"I am very disappointed on you honorable MPs at how you continue to intentionally break the quorum on Fridays. After registering you just disappear. I thought that as the whole Parliament business closes you were going to cooperate so that we wrap up everything before the July session. This conduct should end because it means like that is all about the seating allowance."

"It is the network of kgotlas that provide the foundation of the people's democracy."

"We cannot fill up our dams because some parts of the country receive little or no rainfall at all."

"We are no longer having normal patterns of rainfall and that has changed our ploughing cycles."

"We can create green jobs as one way of beating unemployment."

"But unfortunately we have a situation where most of the contractors doing projects in Gaborone are not Batswana. You will find that Asian contractors have taken all the jobs and this does not help in citizen empowerment."

"Resign? Why should I resign over petty utterances motivated by witch hunting? I cannot resign over allegations that do not have evidence. This is just a moment of storms in the life of a child of God. Opposing forces are always out to destroy you. These people are just dragging my name in the mud."

"What we need to ask ourselves is are we ready for climate change and how can we adapt to it so as to reduce the effects of it in our country."

"For the ESP to work, these are some of the core issues that the government needs to handle."

"Thus, science, technology, engineering and mathematics applications should be at highest levels."

"Let us not forget our history that although we continue to be troubled by stray livestock from Tlokweng, Gaborone was built on Batlokwa land, hence the need to recognise their importance to the existence of our city."

"It is our believe as Gaborone City Council Councillors that due to the fact that the city is growing and we are challenged with shortages of land, there is need to properly and efficiently utilise the little land in our possession."

"We have also held consultative meetings with the leadership of South East District to try and address such challenges."

"Our system creates mayors who are not empowered by structures of governance. We have mayors who are just ceremonial, who cannot act on the mandate of their communities."

"Whenever there is a problem the people look at the mayor and the councillors. They hold the people that they elected accountable. They want answers from us when in fact we are just ceremonial figures."

"I really don’t have input on the way the council is run. The resolutions made by council are just a waste of time because management is not bound to implement any of them."

"The Roman Catholic Church which owns a big chunk of land are open to some arrangements and give Government some land. Government is not willing to sit down with them."

"I am not a politician by chance, mistake or a sympathy vote from some event that took place; and I understand fully what this fracas is all about."

"it is Gantsi bitter losers who have retained their bitterness and Facebook politicians who have no idea what is happening on the ground and have lost touch with reality with the functions of BMD membership who are busy attacking me."

"The party is not shaken by the departure of Mangole. We will be having a congress but for now is delayed by the Covid-19 situation. All is well within the party and will miss Mangole."

"I do not support Pilane, I support a principle."

"This is exactly the same situation we find ourselves in at the BMD. The leader has taken a decision to surround himself with the group that lost at last year’s congress and vowed to frustrate the elected. What is the difference between that and what President Khama did at the BDP?"

"Instead of accepting defeat and acting like democracy, they vowed publicly that they will not accept the current NEC and will thus make it a point to frustrate it in executing it mandate. And this is what they are doing today."

"This is very disappointing. I have tried to engage the President, the Attorney General and ministry officials to no avail. Clearly they don’t want the council to succeed under my tenure. I am now denied access to the Office of the President."

"We cannot have older men who continue sleeping with children. Ba tshwanetse go fag*****."

"We as the BMD when we talk about the UDC project we know what we are talking about, what this alliance means to us. Yes, they decided to kick us out and thought they have solved anything. We don’t care about them now because we know we will meet on the other side of the table and we have no intention to approach them for reconciliation the ball is on the court to decide what is next."

"Yes, we are still going ahead with our case that we have filed against UDC. Nothing will stop us from that, though UDC is yet to respond to the papers we served them with. We are just waiting for the court to call us and face UDC."

"I know some people are saying the procedure that we have taken will hamper our preparations for elections. No, not for us! As I speak we will have a meeting with all our candidates to map the way forward in kick starting the campaign and all is okay with us. We are not sure about the other side (UDC). We are not in any panic mode."

"There was an appeal before the court and it was received, we are waiting for the date of the appeal hearing date. We last checked on Molapisi in December, she was in good health but she indicated that she was afraid."