University of Botswana Research, Innovation and Scholarship Archive: Recent submissions
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‘Plagiarism is a great insult’: politics and discourses of intellectual property rights infringement in Botswana, 1970s to 2016
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-01-18)Primarily utilising information in the public domain in the form of media reports on claims of plagiarism, this paper explores issues of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) infringement in Botswana since the 1970s. Particular ... -
'A woman of courage’: an interpretation of the biblical hebrew perspective in relation to women and business in Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-01-18)This essay attempts to read biblical wisdom literature in relation to modern women entrepreneurship. Whereas traditionally in the Setswana culture and many other cultures women are often perceived as sluggish when it comes ... -
Relating the teachings of the gospel to social justice in Africa: the case of Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-01-18)Using Botswana as a case study this paper demonstrates the relationship between theology and the temporal order in post-independence sub-Saharan Africa which continues to stir controversies among Christians and non-Christians ... -
The place and challenges of modern Pentecostal christianity in Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-01-18)This article discusses Modern Pentecostal Churches (MPCs) in Botswana from their beginning in the post-independence era to the present day. It begins by discussing the major characteristics of these churches. Specifically, ... -
Gobe Matenge’s social engineering through milestone independence anniversary celebrations in Botswana, 1975-2016
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-01-18)Utilising archival records this paper argues that the coordinator of the Tenth Anniversary Independence Celebrations Unit (TACU), Gobe Matenge, tried to use the process to transform what was considered deplorable social ... -
The development of Religious Education curriculum and impact on moral values in Botswana since 1966
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-01-18)This article examines the changes that have taken place in the teaching and the curriculum of Religious Education (RE) in Botswana from 1966 to today. It demonstrates that the teaching of the subject in the country’s primary ... -
The lexical problems of Court interpreters in a Botswana High Court
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-01-18)This article explores the lexical problems of court interpreters interpreting from Setswana to English and from English to Setswana in Botswana. Data for the study were collected from audio CDs and transcripts of court ... -
‘What’s in or not in a name’?: the untold story of canoe naming among the Basubiya of the Chobe District in Botswana
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-01-18)As a broad and multidisciplinary study on the socio-economic activities, ethno-culture and indigenous communities’ social ecology of the Chobe District, the focus of this paper is the Subiya onomasticon (a vocabulary or ... -
Ikalanga 50 Years on: a cross border language against tremendous odds
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-01-18)Ikalanga language is one of ‘minority’ languages of Botswana spoken in the North East District and in some villages in the northern part of the Central District. It is a cross-border Bantu language also spoken in the ... -
Found and lost languages: a survey of the past and current situation of Botswana ethic and linguistic communities
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-01-18)Botswana is blessed with 26 languages and ethnic communities and RETENG (the Multicultural Coalition for Botswana) (2015) considers this situation as reason to celebrate the country’s rich cultural and language diversity. ... -
A reflection on Setswana proverbs in Botswana’s national psyche and nationhood
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-01-18)Botswana’s fi ftieth anniversary of Independence, celebrated in 2016, is indeed a milestone achievement worthy to be celebrated. This paper argues that Setswana proverbs are one of several factors that have contributed to ... -
The origin and evolution of Setswana culture: a linguistic account
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-01-18)Language is one of the important means by which all cultural experiences, both conceptual and material, are accumulated, stored and transmitted either vertically from generation to generation or horizontally from one ... -
Distance education in Botswana and Library service: matters arising since the colonial period for the records
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-01-18)With the cross-border experience that began in Salisbury College in Southern Rhodesia and ended with the award of Elementary Teachers’ Certifi cate (ETC) by the Education Department then based in Mahikeng, this paper submits ... -
The Botswana-Japan diplomatic relations, 1966-2016
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-01-18)Japan’s involvement in Africa’s development became more pronounced after it co-organised the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in 1993. The mineral-rich and politically stable Botswana offers natural ... -
Origins and dynamics of the Botswana-Soviet Union relations, 1960s to 1990
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-01-18)This paper primarily uses archival and oral sources to examine the origins and dynamics of relations between Botswana and the Union of Soviet and Socialist Republic (USSR) within the context of the Cold War. The USSR or ... -
The botched ‘National Prayer’: challenges in the performance and recording of the Botswana National Anthem, 1965-2006
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-01-18)After Kgalemang Motsete’s composition overwhelmingly won the competition for Botswana’s national anthem in 1966, he later realised that the offi cial version was so replete with errors which he said made a mockery of ... -
‘A very grave and expensive error’?: the Legislative Council’s debate on the choice of a new site for the Capital of Botswana, 1961-1965
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-01-18)This paper examines the reasons why it was considered appropriate for the capital of Botswana to be relocated in Gaborone from its administrative enclave in Mahikeng (in South Africa) where it had been for seventy years. ... -
An appraisal of the development of Archaeological Legislation in Botswana, 1911-2011: A 100-year journey
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-01-18)This paper reviews the development of archaeological legislation in Botswana, with specifi c interest in how integration of archaeological issues in other pieces of legislation has facilitated the growth of archaeological ... -
Of Botswana’s Administrative Centres and their movements: Vryburg, Mahikeng and Gaborone, 1885-1966
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-01-18)With Botswana celebrating a milestone 50th anniversary of Independence in 2016 a lot of activities took place in the country’s capital Gaborone –the unique History of which this paper refl ects on. This paper uses primary ... -
Introduction to the Special Issue on Humanities at the University of Botswana and Botswana’s 50 Years of Independence
(University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-01-18)We are greatly pleased and excited as the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Botswana (UB) for producing such a momentous special issue of the Botswana Notes and Records on Humanities and Botswana’s 50 years of ...