Browsing by Author "Botlhale, Emmanuel"

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  • Persistence and decline of traditional authority in modern Botswana politics 

    Holm, John D.; Botlhale, Emmanuel (Botswana Society, www.botsoc.org.bw, 2008)
    This paper explores the role traditional authorities have played in post-independence Botswana and their likely future impact. Three overarching themes run through the analysis. First, this illiberal institution is ...

  • Privatisation in Botswana: a case of firsts not happening first? 

    Botlhale, Emmanuel (Macrothink Institute, en.macrothink.org/, 2012-03-01)
    The late 1980s and early 1990s were characterised by unprecedented waves of privatisation in the world. Like other developing economies, Botswana jumped into the bandwagon and laid the legal framework for privatisation by ...

  • The Sir Ketumile Masire factor in the making of Botswana as an ‘African miracle’ 

    Botlhale, Emmanuel (University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-03)
    Economic growth and development are associated with or caused by many variables one of which is leadership. The functional approach of leadership holds that leadership is not about an individual and his/her attributes. ...

  • The Uneasy Relationship Between Parliament and the Executive in Botswana 

    Botlhale, Emmanuel; Lotshwao, Kebapetse (University of Botswana; www.ub.bw, 2015-07-09)
    This paper starts from a premise that parliament plays multiple roles in any democracy. These include legislation and the exercise of horizontal accountability over the executive. Thus, an effective parliament is one that ...