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19 Aug 2018 3 minute read

This article is almost five years old.

Botswana: losing its sparkle?

Wame Molefhe profiles Botswana, where prosperity has morphed into corruption and inequality.

1 Nov 2012 3 minute read

This article is more than ten years old.

Letter from Botswana: beautiful blue

Wame Molefhe describes her joy as the first rains chase winter away.

1 Jun 2012 3 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

Letter from Botswana: 'There's a good side to this HIV'

A new birth offers a sign of hope for Lauri Kubuitsile.

1 May 2012 3 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

The hero in all of us

When the Botswanan football team went on a winning streak, a whole nation was inspired, writes Lauri Kubuitsile.

1 Apr 2012 3 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

When a winning smile is not enough

Beauty contests are now big business, but have lost their appeal for Lauri Kubuitsile in her latest Letter...

1 Mar 2012 3 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

Letter from Botswana: ET is not an alien

New columnist Lauri Kubuitsile introduces dry and dusty Mahalapye- a town that has stolen her heart.

Rape at the border: how immigration officials are abusing women in Zimbabwe

8 Feb 2012 3 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

Rape at the border: how immigration officials are abusing women in Zimbabwe

Cross-border trade is a risky business for women, as Mgcini Nyoni witnesses.

When I was gone, she sent her memory.

9 Mar 2009 4 minute read

This article is more than 14 years old.

When I was gone, she sent her memory.

Thoughts on Bessie Head an African woman.

1 Sep 2008 3 minute read

This article is almost 15 years old.

Botswana

Since independence in 1966, Botswana’s annual growth rates have been the highest in the world – bar none. It is estimated that...

Radio New Internationalist - Landing rights

3 Mar 2007 2 minute read

This article is more than 16 years old.

Radio New Internationalist - Landing rights

Today we accompany Indigenous people through battles won and battles won in Africa and the Pacific. Although these are battles...

1 Jan 2005 1 minute read

This article is more than 18 years old.

Landslide: Uruguay turns left

Uruguay's leftist landslide.

Places of Death

1 Jan 2005 2 minute read

This article is more than 18 years old.

Places of Death

THE two Gana men never imagined they would find themselves on other continents thousands of kilometres away from...

Defying The Drought

5 Mar 1992 3 minute read

This article is more than 31 years old.

Defying The Drought

new internationalist
issue 229 - March...

The Right To Health

5 Mar 1992 4 minute read

This article is more than 31 years old.

The Right To Health

new internationalist
issue 229 - March...

The Right To Food

5 Mar 1992 4 minute read

This article is more than 31 years old.

The Right To Food

new internationalist
issue 229 - March...

5 Oct 1991 3 minute read

This article is almost 32 years old.

Botswana

new internationalist
issue 224 - October...

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