I often wonder how seriously one should take complaints by some Batswana that those who are inclined to use English in their everyday conversation or Setswana and English words interchangeably are ...

In 2016 Pontsho Pilane and Lorato Palesa Modongo partnered to write a Setswana dictionary. Modongo is a social psychologist and Pilane a journalist, they are both lecturers in their respective fields.

Gaborone — The crowing of a rooster at the crack of dawn wakes visitors at the Bahurutshe Cultural Lodge, which is nestled on a hill in the village of Mmankgodi. According to the tradition of the ...

The word “kgolo” means growth, what my high school biology teacher would call an entity’s irreversible increase. Right now, Kgolo is the name of a Setswana musical at the South African State Theatre.

One of the most dominant languages in Tshwane (Pretoria) is not on the list of our official 11. It's been coined SePitori because it's neither Setswana, nor Sepedi nor Sesotho but is a sort of mix of ...