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“A MESSAGE FROM OUR ENGINEERS” When my eyes came across that caption on the poster “Conference, A Message From Our Engineers” I was oozing with excitement. My inner voice was like “Yes! Annunaki. Extra Terrestrials!” Even though I consider myself to be a very open minded individual, later than night when I sat in recollection I realised I let my mind run wild. Basically I saw what I wanted to see (Scotoma, as I have come to learn from the Dan Brown series the Da Vinci Code). After all, I thought this is Botswana bruh, no one shares my interdimensional fantasies and no man in his sound mental faculty would organize a conference at the University of Botswana to inflict us with such brutal conspiracy. So there I was convincing myself that “A Message From Our Engineers” was probably about Electrical and Mechanical Engineering career guidance conference. But I could not ignore this splitter in mind that kept itching my curiosity to get the full details. The moment of truth ...

Change is the only constant in nature and the more things change the more they stay the same. I bet you have heard that a thousand times. It is without a doubt in my mind that Botswana is tip toeing  on the shorelines of a revolution.  For the 1st time in our political history many are seeing within the veins of possibility, a "regime change" or at least a dire need to flip the coin. Change manoeuvres at a snail’s pace, there is no change without resistance and the past 50 years of Botswana Democratic Party's reign are a clear testimony to that fact. Resistance which draws its inspiration from the fear to change i.e fear of the unknown as explained in the Johari  Window model. The opposition will always present a flashier, glamourous prophecy in a colourful manifesto exposing the shortcomings of the current kingdom. The ruling party will always turn to pouring money into public celebrations and donations. While this crude, traditional medieval method migh...