1 August 2019
Turmoil in Africa’s ‘model democracy’
Everywhere you look, there is back-stabbing, defections, grandstanding and chaos. Joel Konopo looks at the disjointed state of politics in Botswana as the election nears.
#MauritiusLeaks: Botswana in tax avoidance scandal
A Mauritius-based shell company existing only on paper – with no employees, office or business activity – received a substantial amount of money as payment from the government of Botswana. But how did the government pay a shell company millions of pula in what appears to be a classic case of tax avoidance?
African gay bashing ‘a colonial import’
Some decry Botswana’s enlightened High Court judgement on gay sex. But studies show that homosexuality existed – and was tolerated – across pre-colonial Africa.
Life lessons from a year at Stanford
How being a JSK Journalism Fellow inspired personal and professional change
Using Artificial Intelligence to hold power to account
LIES, LIES AND MORE MOSU LIES
Could this be a cure for fake news?
advocacy
Break-in at INK offices
Ombudsman’s Mosu report places Khama above the law
How capital flight bleeds Africa
If crime crosses borders so must journalism
