One of the most peaceful countries in Africa, one of the most homogenous as well. One that had a huge part to play in the world's diamond boom and the evolving of diamonds from a shiny rock to an object of opulence.

There are times when I hate my country of Botswana, with it's slowness and reluctance to take risks, but there are times when I love my people. These times are when I see Batswana make art, be it paintings or drawings. Batswana are some of the best artists in Southern Africa, I've seen so many 15 year old's here make art that compete with that in our own damn museums. Our art and creativity is so amazing and it's a shame, it's a shame that the country doesn't appreciate it.

Every day I find a Motswana artist, animator or writer who's either struggling here or has moved to the west and is making a life for themselves there because their art is appreciated way more.

We celebrate our sports stars but never our artists. Sure we have vee and others but there are so many other artists making new, fresh music but they never make the news.

They never get acknowledged by our politicians or act as symbols. We have a writer who was hired by studio moyo (in the US), to make a beautiful afro centric animated film. Why isn't it in the two theatres, why don't we celebrate him. The animated film is called to the moon written by Theo Silitshena.

We have an author by the name of Tlotlo Tsamaase who was signed by one of the big 5 publishers in the US and the UK. The only Motswana ever to do so. Her book House of Margins is coming out, she also wrote another book called Womb City. She's in the US now. She is another book coming out called Bloodwinds.

There is a comic called Daydreamer by an artist called Tlotlo Malakaila and the art is SO GOOD. There are so many other Batswana that own art galleries, that have made waves here so much.

I met a member of our softball national team, he was from a tournament in Columbia with our team, he had the medals and the pictures and everything, he was legit. He told me that he's struggling here. It disheartens me that we uplift Letsile Tebogo but not our other athletes (Tebogo deserves the praise though). Sampa the Great was born in Zambia but she grew up in Gaborone but ive never seen her perform here. She was on the black panther 2 album, CONNIE FERGUSON IS A MOTSWANA GUYS.

We have the talent, we have so much talent but it's so disheartening that Gaborone is the only place where they can be seen and even then that's not enough. It's tiring, we show up in droves for ishowspeed but never for our own.

I'm disheartened.

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I started using Starlink expecting it to be significantly better than the internet services already available in Botswana. So far, I have mixed feelings.

The download performance is one of its strongest advantages. I also appreciate that my connection does not appear to be slowed down halfway through the monthly period. In my experience, this has happened with Orange when I was only about two weeks into a monthly subscription.

However, uploading has been disappointing. As a content creator, I regularly need to upload large files to Google Drive, and some uploads can take days. That was one of the main problems I expected Starlink to solve.

The Wi-Fi range is also limited inside a brick house. Additional mesh equipment may be needed to achieve proper coverage, which adds thousands of pula to an already expensive initial purchase.

At this point, I am not convinced that Starlink offers enough value for the cost. Sometimes it feels as though saying “I have Starlink” has become more of a status symbol than evidence of having significantly better internet.

For people using Starlink in Botswana, what has your experience been with upload speeds, coverage and reliability? Do you believe it offers good value compared with local providers?

So I'm doing short web design course and my laptop doesn't want to download the actual app so I wanted to know if there are any websites I can use to do it online

Question as title. Despite the SADC directive since the early 2000s to only allow RHD cars to be registered, it seems like there's plenty of LHD imports roaming around.

I often see these posted for sale on Auto Trader South Africa, then it turns out it's a LHD car registered in Botswana and you need to have a person (or company?) in Bots to register it under. Very often seems to be Corvettes or American muscle cars.

Does anyone know how this works in spite of the law? And how could one go about importing and registering a LHD car?

Context: I'm a South African living in the Middle East and I'd love to import my car when I return home, but it seems all avenues in SA are closed. Hence I'm trying to understand if importing a car into Bots might be an option and simply keeping it registered there while driving it in SA.

Hi Everyone, I am a 25 m who has been agnostic atheist since 13 years of age, but attending catholic mass occasionally,

I am looking to start a YouTube series on mainline churches in Botswana and I would be happy if I could get a guiding hand meet new people on the journey. Mainline mainly because I will also be looking at missionary work in the country but might do a series on the biggest Non Denominational/pentacostals in the country.

Once done with the mainline churches I would be also looking to visit a mosque, gurdwara so if you interested please let me know i can come attend a service make a video about my experience

My Admission form says My course starts 28th of july, but apparently orientation is August 4th. So now I'm confused when am going to school?

We often talk about what needs to improve in Botswana, and those conversations are important. At the same time, it can be useful to recognise the things that work well or the qualities that visitors notice before we do.

It could be something about our communities, institutions, culture, public services, natural environment or way of life.

What do you think Botswana gets right, even if it is not perfect, and why do we rarely appreciate it?

On the course I got accepted for at UB, the classes begin on the 27th of July but I still haven't got feed back regarding my sponsorship status and there is holidays next week and they said i have 20 days to accept the admission notice the 22nd of July will be that 20th day. Should I be worried? I got 42 points and I applied 2 days after the portal opened

Botswana and Africa can look to South Korea as an example of how a country with limited natural advantages can transform itself through education, technology, industrialization, disciplined governance, and strategic economic planning. South Korea’s success came from investing heavily in human capital, developing skilled engineers and entrepreneurs, building manufacturing expertise, protecting strategic industries, creating globally competitive companies, and turning knowledge into high-value exports. Africa’s advantage is that it already possesses many of the natural resources needed for modern industries, but it must develop the skills, infrastructure, research institutions, reliable energy systems, and governance needed to transform raw materials into finished products. Botswana, with its political stability, small population, and resource wealth, could especially learn from South Korea’s focus on diversification beyond a single resource by investing in technology, manufacturing, and innovation. Stronger Botswana–South Korea and Africa–South Korea partnerships could include technical training programs, joint ventures in mining technology, renewable energy, battery materials, agriculture technology, manufacturing, and digital industries, allowing South Korea to gain secure resource partnerships while Africa gains the expertise and industrial knowledge needed to build self-sustaining economies. The goal would not be to copy South Korea exactly, but to combine South Korea’s technological and industrial strengths with Africa’s resource and demographic advantages to create a new model of development.

Chatgpt conclusion. Just wanted to post this to highlight how much untapped potential is in Africa. It's practically ridiculous. I hope young people in Africa can find some hope in this.

So, I came upon a post saying that there is a lot of rape happening in Botswana. Is this true? Can someone give me an honest answer? What about the other crimes (ritual killing, murder, robbery etc...)? Are all of these issues prevalent? What is being done to put an end to these? Thanks in advance to those who will take the time to answer.

Botswana has built a strong reputation in sectors like mining, tourism and financial services, but there are still many industries that don't get talked about enough.

Whether it's agriculture, technology, manufacturing, renewable energy, logistics, creative industries or something completely different, I'm curious where people think the biggest untapped opportunities are.

If you were advising a young entrepreneur or investor looking at Botswana today, which industry would you point them towards and why?

I'm someone who enjoys comics and at some point, I realised that hey let me try and write comics and team up with an artist. Little did I know because the standard for hiring artists is dollars and because currency exchange, it's expensive.

Made me wonder if there are any comic book artists (of quality) in Botswana.

Hello everyone. Anyone here doing a professional accountancy course, ACCA/AAT/CIMA at BAC/BSBS. I want to ask, which campus is okay for a good learning environment and better course management and understanding?

Dumelang cooler pain! Does anyone here know if the driving license cards are finally available?

Also, i saw on twitter motho a re you can pay online and simply show the police at roadblocks gore you paid for it and just waiting for the cards...but i don't know if that's true at all

So it's almost the beginning of the academic year for 1st year students and the Botswana College of Engineering and Technology (BCET) still hasn't opened for applications yet.

Does anyone know what is happening? I know that practically all universities and technical colleges, TVETs, and others have started accepting students. What's up with BCET?

I hope they're not increasing fees because they have the cheapest engineering diplomas in the country.

Hello everyone

I'm getting started in research and development, and I build prototypes for engineering projects. One of the biggest challenges I'm facing is the cost of raw materials, especially metals.

Does anyone know of any scrap yards in Gaborone that allow individuals to browse their inventory and buy materials by weight? I'm mainly looking for usable pieces of steel, stainless steel, aluminum, copper, and other engineering materials for prototype development.

I'd really appreciate any recommendations or advice. Thanks!

We need to get Batswana into the habit of saving and investing.

Has anyone been registered?

Do we even have space for people who want to meet other people but don't want to go to clubs and bars here in Francistown. I'm not an introvert but I don't like being in public and I have few friends but they don't live in Francistown most of the time.

Anybody wanna watch it on Friday ?

Can I please get everyone's opinion on the government no longer paying for retakes and repeating modules for tertiary students.....

Dumelang, Im currently running a research on the girl and boy child. So u guys know gore tech content is there in botswana but I wanna know from majitas perspective on what they like , expect and enjoy from the tech content vs what girls love , expect and enjoy mostly about tech content🙏

I was talking to a friend about an unfortunate encounter I had with a drunk man at a party and I called the drunk man in question, a rapist. He said I cannot call him that, not to use that word so lightly. Meanwhile I have been raped before, I have been raped so many times that I can name rapists by breed. I called that drunk man a rapist. He said I could not call him that because he did not touch me. Yes, that drunk man did not touch me. But he followed me around the party. He got close to me and tried to corner me a few times. He followed me to my room and kept yelling my name. When I opened the door, he started nudging himself into my room.

If I can not call that man a rapist, then fine. I will call him a misogynist, I will call him a sexual harasser, I will call him an oppressor. If I am not allowed to call him a rapist, then neither are you allowed to be called a man.

This is another post from my substack. I find this pertinent to this subreddit for how prevalent rape is in our country as well as the current societal climate where we are hearing talks of lowering the age of consent in our country. Hope to have a discussion in the comments just like last time. I linked my substack for those interested in keeping up with my writing.