Victor Baatweng 🇧🇼☕️
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Financial Journo @SunStd_bw , Inequality gap closer, CoffeeDrinker(teetotaller), Ngamilander
Gaborone, Botswana
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Rest in Peace to the one who gave birth to the one who today made our nation proud.
A nation that is now the first African country to win a gold medal in the 200 Metres category
Well done Tebogo. May your victory be your comfort as you continue celebrating your dear mother.
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Another problem with being ugly is people think you can fight...
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I don't usually brag about going to expensive places, but I just left the petrol station, and now at BPC offices mo mainmall... Ke ye kae from here?
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That racist MC o kile are pepere-pepere, hei-wee hei-wee let me fix your hair, Lesego a re nna Ke tswa Nhabe monyanaame, mpha mic woo ke rute batho ka temo letoto…
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When we grew up Thuso Lethoma was literally radio. I am not shocked that he died on radio (not literally, but fact that he came back to read news while on wheelchair to me says he loved what he did. And we loved what he did. ❤️❤️)
Rest in Peace Kwankweta
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Turn the many polling stations you set up in 2019 into vaccination centres.
#VaccinateBotswana
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Yesterday I hiked Ranaka hills…got lost and ended up next to A10 near Moshupa.
It was thrilling.
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So for the first time ever,
@MascomWireless
has appointed a Motswana to the top post (CEO) & guess what, it's a WOMAN.
Ladies and gentlemen, re-introducing Ms Dzene Makhwade - Seboni, Mascom's new Chief Executive...
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Good bye to my favorite picture. Yes, that 1.
We all know it, right?
We replace it with this appeal. Please get in touch and let's do this. 💪☕
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That was fast…
Looks like Sefalana is selling everything 😂😂
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Thank you Amantle Montsho.
All the best in your future plans as you retire from athletics.
You been a great ambassador of Ngamiland🐟, Botswana 🇧🇼 and Africa 🌍
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Curfews:
Botswana 7pm to 4am
Namibia 9pm to 4am
SA 11pm to 4am
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The crashing of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook worldwide is a pandemic, right?
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Unfortunately we are battling the police. We can't do our job freely 💔.
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Lucara recovers 1 of the largest diamonds in history
@TheOfficialBSE
quoted, Lucara Diamond Corp. has announced the recovery of a colossal 2,492-carat diamond from its Karowe Diamond Mine in Botswana.
This exceptional find ranks among the largest rough diamonds ever discovered
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Retweet to get President
@OfficialMasisi
and other SADC leaders to speak against the oppression of the Zimbabwean people by their government.
#FreeZimbabweans
#ZimbabweanLivesMatter
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Kanye North MP Thapelo Letsholo is currently on the Parly floor debating the
#Budget2020
Letsholo says unemployment & poverty are the real risk to Botswana, not percieved war.
"a hungry man, is an angry man"
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Exatly 4 years ago I was at
#CPS
covering the
#UnemploymentMovement
(Frame 2), today I went back to the same spot to archive the
#ATImovement
(frame 1).
1 day I will put all these in a book with focus on Inequality & Citizen Economic Empowerment. It's a promise.
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ATI supporters sing outside CPS as they wait his release. He is due to appear at Extension II magistrate court.
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WHOSE LAND IS IT ANYWAY?
1. During the Bechuanaland Protectorate, apart from the tribal land, the protectorate had either FREE HOLD BLOCKS or CROWN lands (Crown lands mainly owned by the then colonial government).
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At this point I asked, Phenyo Segokgo, “what do you have to say sir on your arrest sir?”
Calmly he replied, “Don’t worry, I can die for this nation…ga ke na le fa e le problem”
A few seconds later a plain clothes security agent & uniformed police officers came for my blood!
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I just settled in at my official quarantine centre...my eyes are on the ball.
#coronavirusbotswana
#coronalockdown
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Saleshando a re Rre Slumber ga ana 20 years experience, o na le 1 year experience 20 times...
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In between his performances, more than three times ATI said:
“Support your people, support your own. Your people are not your competition.”
@As1Concert
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Stop thinking that you are broke. You are, but just stop thinking about it.
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In Botswana, the former President Ian Khama this morning celebrated
@JoeBiden
#USelections
win in style via
#Jerusalemachallenge
#USelections
#IanKhama
#Botswana
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Admin wa Tawana landboard o nnetse go deleta comment ya me 😭😭😭😭😭
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Happy birthday Stiger Sola.
The great son of Ngamiland.
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Gosego baswi ba ba Swetseng mo moreneng....
Electricity 3% ⬆️
VAT 2% ⬆️
Sugar Tax ⬆️
Fuel levy ⬆️
Fuel prices per litre ⬆️
Rental ⬆️
Medical aid 6% ⬆️
Ministries services ⬆️
Import cars ↗️
My salary ↩️
Ke lebetse eng? Seka la re DSTV
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My achievements of 2018 - 2022:
1. I drank lots of coffee
2. Tawana Landboard did not give me land.
3. I renewed my passport and car license.
5. I survived deadly lock downs.
6. I was sent for quarentine after the Parliament nurse saga.
7. I successfully wrote this tweet
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The Police report that no single accident was recorded along the A1 Highway this Presidential holidays.
We thank God for saving lives.
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Last night I learnt that the guy who has been engaged by our landlord to clean our yard for the past year & half is a 2nd yr Bachelor of Engineering at the University of BW.
A very humble young man who uses his spare time to make little money & not steal from any1.I respect him.
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Imagine earning 48k, living in a free house, sometimes driven around for free…for five years.
…& all that for just shouting “order”, “elucidation” or “on a point of procedure”, I support the motion!
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UPDATE: FREEDOM IS COMING TOMORROW
MY TEST RESULTS CAME BACK NEGATIVE. TOMORROW MORNING I WILL BE ISSUED WITH A CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE AND GET RELEASED FROM QUARANTINE.
Thank you for the prayers Tweeps🙏🙏🙏
#coronavirusBotswana
#coronalockdown
#myQuarentineXperience
1055hrs,April 19.
TEST done and dusted. In three days time I shall no my status..
#coronavirusBotswana
#coronalockdown
#myQuarentineXperience
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Former President Khama annouces the passing of his sister.
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Kgosi Tawana II returns to our Kgotla on 3rd April 2023.
Another day in history of Ngamiland...
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President
@OfficialMasisi
speaks on "mosetsanyana wa ditebego", Covid-19 regulations/protocol post SOE etc....
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Once again, I thank God for delivering yet another February 26,my birthday.
And thank you for all the tweeps who paused a for moment and wished a brother well. I really appreciate and may God grant you the wishes you sent my way.
To more cups of ☕☕ and tweets..
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The Oppenheimer family which got filthy rich because of Botswana diamonds has pledged a billion Rand to help South Africans.
Rona re setse hela ka go omana le go supana ka menwana.Teemane di a hela, Batswana ga bahuma, goromente o chonne.
Thank you Corona for the Reminder!
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Special Elected MP, Unity Dow today responded to SONA.
Here are some of the things she said:
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Ma real 74 wee?... Tell us, when Seretse Khama died, did the UK also fly its flags half mast?
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SHORT TERM ECONOMIC MEASURES TO BE ANNOUCED BY MINISTER
@SeramePeggy
1. VAT reduced from 14 to 12% for a period of 6 months, effective Aug 1
2. Cooking Oil & Liquid Petroleum Gas zero rated for VAT
3. Students allowance increased by 18.5% effective Sept 1
4. Loan BMC money
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The people vs Dada
The people vs the govt
The people vs the UDC/bcp MPs who went to get a jab at Dada's house
BBS board vs CEO
The camping crew vs the 5 star hotel slays
Me against the world
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Here is a snippet of the submission made by
@duma_boko
earlier during the
#FamilyMeetingBW
Space hosted by
@LordElvo
in conjunction with
@YALDABW
and
@GlobalShapersGC
as they discussed Botswana constitution.
(part 1)
Cc:
@NicMathew4
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When is our judiciary correcting this “wardrobe malfunction.”?
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Not all the visiting head of state are given an opportunity to address Botswana parliament. The gesture is generally regarded as one of the highest honours to be bestowed on a visiting head of state.
#MnangagwaINbotswana
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Leaders need good advisors (not cheerleaders) and a hard working team on the ground (not tenderprenurs).
That's all.
Cyril Ramaphosa seems to have himself well surrounded.
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There is no official correspondence from
@BWGovernment
on shortage of oxygen but looks like we are at a crisis level.
See the 💔 story ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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We had this ‘Tinder’ right in front of our yard in Borotsi, Maun…
Ooh, Ma 2K, if you don’t know what this is, ke dating site ya rona ma 72…mme le gale it was built by Rre Masire gotwe re nwe levita le le baya.
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BOTSWANA SET TO DEPORT OVER 700 NAMIBIAN FUGITIVES
Botswana is poised to forcefully repatriate more than 700 refugees residing at the Dukwi refugee camp following a Court of Appeal decision that it is safe for them to return to Namibia.
Deporting trucks already sent to Dukwi.
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On this day, 13 years ago, Louis Goodwill Nchindo was found dead.
Nchindo was the first ever Motswana to be appointed Managing Director of Debswana.
We need a book on Nchindo, please. Don't we?
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In case you missed it: Francistown West MP Moswaane was earlier today 'thrown' out of Parliament by security personnel as per the order of the speakership.
Moswaane wanted Parliament to discuss and intervene on the issue of shortage of diabetes medication across the country.
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One of these days Botswana will get her 16,June 1976.
Save this tweet.
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Tswii tasting at main mall (Diamond Square) this afternoon.
Leswana (table spoon)cost P10.
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Did you know that today BERA announced a hike in the prices of PARRAFIN?
Yes Paraffin, used by households such as the one on the pic will go up by 74thebe per litre from midnight.
#landmatters
#affordablehousingmatters
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The world should know that this is how the
@BWGovernment
Police treats news reporters.
I am saving this video here a day after the incident.
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Whatever you do , don't sleep before 10pm during winter... Unless you don't mind sending tweets at 0333hrs.
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Fuel e teng, mme ga eyo wa bona..
Koore o kgarametse lebati la combi o kare wa le goga.
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Tawana Landboard e gaisiwa ke my Junior School Agriculture teacher Mr Hange... Ene atleast o kile a mpha PLOT.
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JUST IN: Botswana has reported 4th case. A Ramotswa woman.
She died on the 25th & has already been burried (seems by the state).
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Ebe le re re ka wina ka warm-up yaa mohuta one o…😭😭😭😭😭
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VMB 34.0 - limited edition
That's the tweet guys, I am 34 today!
(Pic:File - VMB 31.0)
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The official opening of a Jojo tank by Minister
@MatshekaThapelo
in Lobatse earlier today.
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ONLY in Botswana where the government spend thousands or even millions of Pulas to organise a poverty eradication conference and dinner...where the so called experts spend days talking and dining whilst the poor goes to bed with stomach full of brown colored water.
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I live in a country where a few drops of rains serves as a reminder that electricity might go off any minute....
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Today marks 12 months since mmaboi a ntima hempara ya Covid-19.... 😭😭
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Yaah, le ntse le atumela bedroom.
Toga di xala.
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This video of a diabetic Francistown woman who fainted because of hunger left me 💔💔.
Whe she woke up she narrated how her efforts to get help from MmaBoi proved futile.
Sadly there are many of these cases which goes unreported.
#coronavirusBotswana
#coronalockdown
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Despite no rains, Botswana has gone all green....
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Congratulations to the 480k plus Batswana who have been able to register for the 2019 general elections.
IEC tells us that over 1.2 mn is eligible to register and vote, if you have not registered it means you are part of the over half a million PROBLEM.
Last day is Nov 11.
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7 years ago I was excited to introduce
@FNB_Botswana
chief economist
@SebaboleM
(the a lecturer at
@UBBotswana
) as one of the columnist for
@SunStd_bw
's sister publication The Telegraph.
Today we go to bed with 💔💔 following news of his passing.
May he rest in Power.
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JUST IN:
@fireboydm
TO SPEAK AT
@Forbes
UNDER 30
Forbes has just confirmed that Adedamola Adefolahan, also known as Fireboy DML, will be speaking at the Forbes Under 30 Summit slated for Gaborone next month.
The PERU hit maker has in the past collaborated with
@edsheeran
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☕️
Quote this tweet with any random picture in your gallery
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In Botswana, the level of unemployment is so high and saddening such that even an opening for board membership at Landboards across the country is considered a "job opportunity".
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Tonight
@EarlOfGC
and his team at Seriti Insights are launching
@seipone_ai
- a marketing tech that let corporates know what people are saying about their brands.
The launch is held at the
@ditecbw
Gamecity store.
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These are roots of a tree that chose to live no matter what. This tree is in Mogonye village, Botswana.
Be like this tree, live no matter what.
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In 1925 a Botswana tribe - Balete, bought a piece of land from a whiteman - Aaron Siew for 3000 Pounds.
Now the Botswana govt want to repossess the land for FREE, the High Court on 21 May 2021 said NO.
We wait to hear if the government will appeal...
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Tati Company is registered in UK, but its holding company is a mysterious "Amarena Holdings", registered in the tax haven of Panama.
The company is controlled by the The Bernard Glazer Will Trust incorporated in neighbouring SA.
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