Botswana Quotes

With construction of the stadiums, Botswana stands to benefit a lot during the world cup as some national teams would choose to use our country as their base. - Tabengwa Mothusi

We are not an island. Botswana should use all the available regional interventions to articulate this daunting problem. - Bernard Balikani

The commission, meeting in Botswana last week (October 10 to 14) was examining the security situation in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region with particular emphasis on developments in Angola and the DRC. - Festus Mogae

In terms of capacity, the OIE and SADC are particularly worried about Tanzania, Angola, DRC [Democratic Republic of Congo], Mozambique and Malawi. South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe are considered to have relatively strong capacity. - Dr Bonaventure Mtei

In Botswana, for example, two years ago about 36 percent of adults were HIV-positive... Today this is 39 percent, nearly 40 percent of all adults. - Peter Piot

In Botswana in the Kalahari Desert there's a tented camp called Jack's Camp, which is like old Africa meets Ralph Lauren. The Oriental rugs, the old leather chairs - you feel like you've just jumped out of a Ralph Lauren ad. - Mark Burnett

I was just in Botswana in Africa. I wanted to learn something about the world. I just feel really ignorant whenever I leave the country. I don't know a lot of stuff, and I really want to. I figure that traveling is a good way to start if you want knowledge. Like, if you don't know something about a country, then go and check it out. That's what I did. - Kristen Stewart

I take four to five months off because there's a chance that every Sunday, Jason could go to the hospital before he comes home. I don't need to be off in Botswana somewhere where I don't even have a phone and I can't find out how many broken ribs he has. That doesn't strike me as healthy. - Angie Harmon

I have received reports that a cyclone is expected to strike over the eastern parts of southern Africa over the next few days, and this may worsen the rainfall and flooding situation in Botswana. - Festus Mogae