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

It is not advisable to have an alternative budget without knowing how much you are budgeting for. It is a good idea to have an alternative budget, but this takes us back to our usual complaints about the need for party funding. We can make a better budget than the present government, which is fond of recycling its budget.

One can only hope that the position that is being articulated by the youth league is not that of the main party.

I write in a way that's more subconscious, just trying to articulate some mystery that's not obvious.

I said yes, and Tutu said, 'He's not very articulate,' which he isn't. He said, 'Is he the most loved man in the world?' I said yes. 'Who is the most loved woman?' Mother Teresa was still alive at the time, so I said her. He replied, 'Yes, and what are these people? These people are good. And why do we love them? Because they warm us. They warm us.'

I used practically all the money I had available.