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Power and powerlessness: when support becomes overbearing-the case of outsider activism on the resettlement issue of the Basarwa of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2002)
Thefocus of this paper is on the role of outsider activists who are supporting a group of Basarwa
resisting relocation from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) in Botswana. The role of non
Basarwa activists is ...
Declining voter participation in Botswana: trends and patterns
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2000)
This article attempts to analyse the trends and patterns relating to the past eight general elections in Botswana, from the pre-independence period in 1965 to 1999. Factors that have
influenced elections in the last eight ...
How Britain underdeveloped Bechuanaland protectorate: a brief critique of the political economy of colonial Botswana
(Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, http://www.codesria.org/?lang=en, 2006)
Britain declared Bechuanaland a 'protectorate' in 1885 in a move largely driven by military strategic considerations rather than by the availability of economic resources. This can give the impression that in Botswana the ...
Searching for appropriateness in Social Work education in Botswana:The process of developing a Master in Social Work (MSW) programme in a 'developing’ country
(Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2006)
Developing a tertiary academic programme in Botswana is not only an intellectual
activity but also an institutional process that must be balanced to satisfy different
stakeholders and contending claims. This paper focuses ...
The making of a foreign "labour aristocracy" in Botswana
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, www.emeraldinsight.com/, 2008)
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether expatriate workers in Botswana are a labour aristocracy. Design/methodology/approach - This is a case study based on documentary research methods. Findings - ...
Gender differences in satisfaction with the type of work University employees do: evidence from the University of Botswana
(Scientific Research, www.scirp.org/, 2009)
The study investigated the extent to which male and female employees of a University differ in various attributes and attitudes and in the level of satisfaction with the type of work they do, and further established factors ...
Persistence and decline of traditional authority in modern Botswana politics
(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 ...
HIV/AIDS and home based care in Botswana: panacea or perfidy?
(Taylor & Francis, taylorandfrancis.com/, 2004)
The extent of the AIDS pandemic in Africa (and specifically in Botswana), and the lack of institutional frameworks to address concomitant issues, have necessitated the adoption of home based care for sufferers as
national ...
The politics of poverty in Botswana
(Botswana Society, www.botsoc.org.bw, 2003)
For many years, Botswana has achieved both a fast growing economy and worsening inequalities.
'Botswana's annual growth in real GDP had averaged 10.9 percent in the period 1981-90, faster even than the east Asian Tigers ...
Basarwa: genuine targets of empowerment or pawns in a political power game?
(Botswana Society, www.botsoc.org.bw, 2008)
Different stakeholders work with Basarwa. Ideally these different stakeholders in the empowerment of the
Basarwa should work together in a mutually symbiotic relationship where each may benefit from one another to ...