University of Botswana Research, Innovation and Scholarship Archive: Recent submissions
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Sir Ketumile Masire and some documents on constitution making in Botswana: notes from my Library
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-03)When the editor of the Botswana Notes and Records (BNR) issued a reminder on a call for papers for the 50th anniversary of the BNR and also dedicated to the life of the late second President of the Republic of Botswana, ... -
Does Ruretse belong to Batlokwa?: what history can tell us
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-03)First a disclaimer. My wife and I live on and own a plot in an area that has come to be known as Ruretse. The name for this plot and all the others surrounding and including the ‘Khama farm’ are actually registered as ... -
Parallel policy structures in Botswana: from devolution to centralisation under Ian Khama’s administration, 2008-2018
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-03)Policy development and development planning in Botswana have been executed through a consultative process involving all relevant structures since the country’s independence from British colonial rule in 1966. However, ... -
The journey thus far: chronicling events of the only Medical School in Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-03)The University of Botswana (UB) started the only medical school in the country in 2009 in order to meet the increasing need for Batswana doctors who could deliver excellent health care anywhere in the country. Since then, ... -
Training doctors for Botswana, 1966 to 2017
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-03)This piece is a straight forward account of how Botswana trained its medical doctors from the country’s independence in 1966 to 2017, the latter constituting roughly the first decade after the University of Botswana (UB) ... -
Botswana’s Muslims: an evaluation of a dynamic religious community
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-03)The essay offers a contemporary profile of Botswana’s Muslim community. It basically tells the contemporary tale of how Botswana’s Muslims emerged and developed with the focus on the present-day period. In order to do so, ... -
‘The rock star that got stage fright at auction’: the political economy of marketing the historic Lesedi La Rona diamond
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-03)In 1905 the largest diamond in history measuring 3,106-carat was discovered at Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa, and was presented to King Edward VII of Great Britain for his 66th birthday on 9 November 1907. ... -
Developing Batswana coaches’ competencies through the LifeMatters programme: teaching mental skills through games
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-03)This study aims to determine if participating in a train-the-trainer version of LifeMatters, a programme combining games and mental skills, influenced the competence, confidence, connections, character, or caring (5 Cs) ... -
Botho as a way of enhancing problem solving in a community project: the case of Moshupa Study Group Project in Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-03)The paper examines how the concept of Botho has enhanced problem-solving in a community project, where it was used to gain entry into the research site. This was undertaken in the village of Moshupa in south-eastern Botswana ... -
Has Donor Funding Been Able to Change the HIV/AIDS Policy Agenda in Botswana?
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-03)Despite optimism about the end of AIDS, the HIV response requires sustained financing globally into thefuture. Given flat-lining international aid, countries’ willingness and ability to shoulder this responsibility will ... -
‘In an Hour, I could be shot over Angola’: The geopolitical dynamics and experience of the 1988 shooting of President Masire’s jet
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-03)Just before travelling to the Angolan capital, Luanda, to attend a summit of the Front Line States, President Quett Ketumile Joni Masire, predicted in a joke that ‘In an hour, I could be shot over Angola’. Indeed, Masire’s ... -
Geopolitical implications of President Seretse Khama’s 1976 state visit to North Korea
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-03)Botswana and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) started diplomatic relations in 1974. Botswana severed its relations with North Korea in 2014. The United States (US) got worried when Botswana’s first ... -
Water for urban development or rural livelihoods: is that the question for Botswana’s Notwane river catchment?
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-03)The point of departure for this paper is the publication by Jeremy Meigh in 1995 entitled ‘The Impact of Small Farm Reservoirs on Urban Water Supplies in Botswana’. Urban water supply dams and small rural farm reservoirs ... -
The comparative dynamics of water sharing of transboundary waterways: lessons from the Nile, Lesotho Highlands Water Project and the Okavango River Basin
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-03)The current global climate change patterns seem set to usher in progressively drier climates in mostdeveloping countries, especially in Africa. This, coupled with population explosion in developing countries, is bound to ... -
The dynamics of cattle farming, bovine disease and state intervention in North West District of Botswana, 1966-2000
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-03)At independence in 1966, livestock formed the basis of Botswana’s rural economy with many Batswana dependent on it for their subsistence. Thus, on the eve of their departure, the British colonial authorities had drawn up ... -
Social cleavages and party alignment in Botswana: dominant party system debate revisited
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-03)This article analyzes the dominant party system in Botswana through a social structural paradigm. Debates surrounding the dominant party system of Botswana typically focus on the relative strength of opposition parties ... -
Making pots in Manaledi: people, material and history
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-03)The Manaledi clay mine is composed of two shallow, linear quarries, one producing a red clay and the other a white clay; these are mixed together in proportion of two parts red to one part white to compose a strong potting ... -
The Sir Ketumile Masire factor in the making of Botswana as an ‘African miracle’
(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. ... -
Intercalation in the traditional Setswana calendar
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-03)Precolonial Southern African farming societies used lunisolar calendars. The details have largely been lost since these calendars were abandoned in favour of the Gregorian calendar. This article seeks to investigate possible ... -
Introduction to a special issue on Botswana Notes and Records’ Golden Jubilee volume in honour of Sir Ketumile Masire
(University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2018-12-03)We are quite pleased and proud to be able to produce the momentous volume 50 of the Botswana Notes and Records (BNR) which is the country’s longest surviving indigenous journal. As the title of this introductory piece ...