Politicians From Botswana

"Some technical challenges were experienced in one of the boiler components and the deficiency in the design is being corrected after a root cause analysis was conducted to determine the root cause."

"As it has been said the road to reducing net zero begins and ends with copper."

"The plan is to include them in the 2024/2025 financial year."

"Reconciliation is a process and it will take time. The two leaders are supposed to be in the same boat working towards a common goal"

"The Environmental and Social Impact Assessments and the engineering consultancy studies will commence this financial year."

"If you want to push production because there is money that is being dangled, you start compromising on how you legislate, how you do your environmental permitting, how you consult your communities."

"We are making headway. We are very optimistic. We are fully aware what it means for Botswana, for De Beers and what it means to the diamond industry. We will gravitate towards something that will be a shared win, if not a win-win for all of us."

"as a leader, Christian, husband, father and accountable nation builder, I have decided to go public and narrate my ordeal in the form of a testimony in consonant with my Christian doctrine – that a testimony comes at the end of a tribulation."

"This strategy focuses on stemming the financial losses, lessening operational inefficiencies through the improved logistics of acquiring raw material or throughput, as well as addressing plant and process maintenance more cost effectively."

"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."

"Setting up a good example to our children is also a requisite for building future leaders as parents."

"Counselling is also an area that men can explore to strengthen their relationships when they are faced with challenges."

"In the coming weeks, we would have exhausted the Botswana market. However, we would still not have been able to replace all nurses and midwives who have been dispensing medications since the birth of our health system. Our local tertiary institutions do not produce enough pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who can be engaged to serve our people. We need close to a thousand pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to adequately cover all our clinics and health facilities. Given the shortage of these professionals in the market, including regionally as alluded, it may take up to five years to reach these numbers if we were to rely solely on the recruitment of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians."

"It is against this backdrop that caring fathers who love their families, bring stability, peace and understanding in the in the family setupd."

"I had a meeting with some members of the BFA National Executive Committee (NEC) and conveyed my reservations regarding the way in which some of the things at the association are done. I believe they took note of my concerns because I can see that there are positive changes."

"Liaise with Air Botswana, Botswana Railways, pull up BDF vehicles, whatever manpower you need, pull it up, work in shifts to be able to assist so that medicines arrive on time."

"We need close to a thousand Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians to have all our clinics and health facilities adequately covered."

"Indeed a father is a very special person in the family unit whose impact can be felt from family level and to national level. The impact of a father is the most powerful in a family setup."

"As Botswana we challenge anyone to show us a better bid book than ours for 2027 perhaps taking out Algeria who had withdrawn before the elections."

"Once we were in Cairo, in the morning of the congress we learnt that CAF had now resorted to voting on the day of the announcement."

"The decision by CAF to us was not good as the original idea but come election day, we learnt every bid country would have the opportunity to be voted for regardless of how they faired in the auditors’ report."

"The voting that took place in Cairo was regressive."

"If you were listening to Parliament, these guys ridiculed me, embarrassed me, and portrayed me as a criminal. I have never stolen anything from anyone. I want these guys to set up this committee. My expectation is that by now they would have set up the committee. It's clear that they were misinformed and clueless. There were some serious distortions."

"When we were in Ivory Coast where there were elections, voting was done in front of us and counting was also done openly and we knew how everyone performed."

"The first few months of my arrival, there was a COVID-19 pandemic. I believe the pandemic assisted me in quickly understanding the programme of the ministry because I had ample time to read and learn more about the ministry. I also looked at the Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) and the Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC). After appreciating MYSC programmes, I met with some former athletes such as Diphetogo Selolwane, Isaac Makwala, Glody Dube, and Nijel Amos. That was a time when we were preparing for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics."

"This alignment helps to bridge the skills gap by equipping students with the knowledge, skills, and competencies needed to excel in a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape."

"There is also Makosho trees, which are found in Lecheng thus distinguishing the village from other localities within the country."

"Research shows that many languages have become extinct around the world. In Botswana, we should guard against this happening."

"This will ensure better learner-teacher interactions and, over time, potentially transform the education system in Botswana as more and more communities continue to invest heavily in the teaching and development of their own community languages."

"This entails undertaking research and documentation of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), which if properly done, will result in the effective transmission of our local culture, and a better appreciation of other cultures in the vicinity."

"In addition to this, our media partners also benefit from the commercialisation of sport. High profile sports stories help to attract audiences, listeners and readers. In turn, the media makes sure that sport maintains a high profile."

"Paris, a city that symbolises history, culture, and innovation, is the perfect backdrop for these Games. It is a city that has also taken a leading role in addressing one of the most critical challenges of our time climate change through the Paris Agreement."

"He had promised that once they set up the committee, they would get in touch. Since then (March), they have not reverted."

"These and others, provide a broad framework for a conducive environment and strategic direction towards fostering culture as a vehicle not only for change, but for socio-economic development as well."

"Athletes, go out there and do your thing."

"I hope you haven’t forgotten our deal. The houses are ready for you to bring those medals home."

"Those who have qualified have been getting P8 000 each per month and they will be getting P30 000 each before they leave. Daily rates and incentives rates have also been increased."

"We need the Internet to make our services more accessible and we need to change our mindset to believe in ourselves as Africans"

"Indeed, Botswana is also on the trajectory to export skilled manpower. Furthermore, this international accreditation opens doors to collaborations and partnership opportunities with other accredited institutions, both nationally and internationally."

"It is on that note that we must hasten to applaud the sport leadership on a job well done in identifying and nurturing the talent that resulted in this team before us today. That being said, we would be remiss if we did not mention the support of all those who have come aboard as sponsors, investing in the team and its pursuit of excellence. This is a first for our Botswana Olympics Team and it must be recognised."

"To that end, Botswana and other African countries continued to invest in digital development and Internet connectivity to empower youth and give them an opportunity to lead."

"If you believe someone is corrupt and you want to investigate and possibly prosecute, you must demonstrate some level of agility."

"We will pursue them ceaselessly."

"Timely payment of suppliers of goods and services is a persistent challenge that requires your urgent attention. Some of the entities that you do business with, especially the small and medium sized enterprises have closed down while others are on the brink of collapse due to delayed payments for goods and services they rendered to us. This needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency since it tends to defeat governments efforts to empower local citizens."

"After the 2019 elections, there were several discussions between me and the people of Gamalete, pleading that I return to the BCP. In the end, I decided to return home which is BCP."

"This is where it all started and I agreed with the people of my constituency that I should return to BCP. I'm happy that we worked hard and won the constituency back. You'll remember that I'm the second MP to win this constituency under the BCP ticket after Samuel Rantuana."

"The BFA is playing with fire. I'm not concerned about any individual football leader, but rather about the sport itself. Football has given me so much in life, and I believe that it can continue to benefit many people in the future."

"However, the current leadership of the BFA is not interested in managing football in a way that will have a positive impact on others. They are arrogant and self-serving; what BFA is doing is clearly 'mantlwane' and 'botlhoka tsebe' (circus and indiscipline), and their actions need to stop."

"It is worrisome that no project under the Transition National Development Plan is carried out in the Thamaga/Kumakwane constituency."

"What I am going to do, very soon, I am going to meet representatives of all sport association. We need to address all welfare issues."