We create the monsters that our politicians become.

A few years ago, it took a British judge, retiring from service on the Botswana bench, to point out the unconstitutionality of the President appointing a judge from outside the list of candidates recommended by the Judicial Service Commission. Our learned legal fraternity may have been fully aware that what the President was doing was unconstitutional, but were either too scared to speak out, or simply couldn't be bothered.

We create the monsters that our African politicians become, as soon as they assume the reins of state leadership. We give them blank checks to do as they please, rather than safeguard the constitutional rights of the people they govern
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Take the doctrine of separation of powers, for example. Legal minds in Botswana have argued quite persuasively that in reality, there is no separation of powers in Botswana - the Executive exercices power that should be held by the Judiciary and by Parliament.

What better proof of that can you get, than that  the president's potrait hangs above the head of the judge at the high court, and that at Parliament his chair is constructed literally "above" parliamentarians' chairs, as though Parliament is subserviant to him, and not the other way around.

I have been watching the Oscar Pistorius trial, but I never saw a picture of Jacob Zuma hanging behind Judge Masipa. Why is that so? Has the South African judiciary usurped any of Mr. Zuma's powers? I don't think so.

Are Francistown councillors insane?

Botswana politicians never cease to amaze me, but when it comes to being ridiculous Francistown councillors beat the rest.

Now they are busy changing the names of streets in the city of Francistown from nice impersonal names to their own predecessors' names, presumably with the hope that future councillors will continue the practice and name future streets after guess whom!

Surely if there is any need to change any names in Francistown, the first thing should be to give Francistown its original name - Nyangabwe. Only then would it make any sense to change other names.

Youth, please register to vote and Spoil the ballot!

This is a call to the youth of Botswana to engage in the only political protest for which NO police permission is required. The youth are being called upon to register in droves for the forthcoming General Election, with the sole intention of casting a SPOILT vote so as to register their discontent with the prevailing economic and political conditions in the country.

How does one cast a spoilt vote? To cast a spoilt vote, a voter simply marks ALL the candidates presented on the ballot paper. The spoilt ballot will not be counted as belonging to ANY of the candidates. However, it will be counted as a valid vote - a spoilt vote. At the end of the counting of all ballots, the spoilt ballots will also be summed up and presented as a percentage of the TOTAL votes cast in the election. Imagine the fear it will strike into the hearts of whichever political party wins the election, if the spoilt vote accounts to, say 51% of the total vote. The youth will have sent a strong message to the rulers that they want change, that they want to see accountability in the way the economy is managed, that they are perfectly capable of USING THEIR VOTE TO TAKE OVER GOVERNMENT!

Why a spoilt vote? The Botswana landscape is littered with relics to economic mismanagement: The billions of Pula wasted in the Palapye glass factory project; the tens of millions of Pula wasted in the Serowe stadium project; the billions of Pula wasted in the Morupule B power station project; the millions of Pula in cost over-runs to build the Sir Seretse Khama Airport upgrade; the millions wasted in Francistown stadium; the list goes on and on. These are monies that could have been used to CREATE JOBS for youth! But the youth are helpless because the people who have been repeatedly voted into Parliament have no interest in changing the status quo. All they care about is their own "stomachs". They can't even hold the Executive to account, for fear lest the Executive decides to call a snap general election in which the Parliamentarians concerned will be swept aside by  rigged  party primary elections.

The situation is exacerbated by the fact that a Parliamentarian (or elected Councillor), once elected, can dump his pre-election manifesto,his political party, his promises to the electorate; he can renounce everything including his name, AND STILL REMAIN THE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED HIM, WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT, AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PAY HIM/HER FOR THE NEXT FIVE LONG YEARS.

A spoilt ballot is perfectly legal. It is acknowleged as an effective form of vote to force the powers that be to take voters' concerns seriously. For a highly enlightenned advocacy for a spoilt ballot, I refer the reader to the column 'Opposite Poles' by Sameosi Mokgethiwa in the 'Weekend Post' newspaper of 18-24 January 2014. Sensitive readers are advised to substitute the words "Botswana Youth" for "BDP" in the said article, to avoid harm from reading putrid BDP propaganda.

"Bel-" means To Dig

The Anunnaki word stem "bel-" means "To dig". I don't know if this has anything to do with the English "bell". However, a few Kalanga words developed from said stem.

The diggers at Mapungubwe were called BaHUMBE. By the way, these are the people called "Dibetsa" by the Batugwa/Batlokwa. I believe that the final "BE" in BaHUMBE is part of "BEL-". My belief is borne out of the realisation that BaHUMBE are also referred to as "humbela", meaning "ant-eater". Indeed the totem of their nemesis, the Batugwa, is the ant-eater. This suggests that the full name of BaHUMBE is BaHUMBELA, meaning "those who dig".

The totem of BaHUMBE is ChiBELU, a pretty little bird called "Hoopoe" in English. I believe this is a misnomer. I think ChiBELU was originally a "khoodza-ntanda", which is a little grey bird which nests by DIGGING a hole in dried-up tree branches. Be that as it may, the bird's name again carries that word stem "bel-".

The BaHUMBE are also referred to as the Ndi-MBELE, meaning I'm a digger. Ndi-MBELE has now metamorphosed into NDEBELE in both South Africa and Zimbabwe. The "bel-" word stem is again the core of "Ndebele".

It is in the context of this "bel-" word stem that the construction of the Ethiopian rock-hewn churches at Lalibela can best be understood. As already indicated, "la" means "water/liquid/chemical". The word "li-" is a verb prefix. "Bela" is the verb, meaning "to dig". The word "Lalibela" therefore simply means "water (or liquid or chemical) digging". Thus the rock-hewn churches were hewn by the Anunnaki, using water. Hopefully science will explain exactly how it was done some day!

Ancient gods' names

The names of not only the gods, but other 'biblical' entities are easily understood in Kalanga. It must be admitted here straight away that the Anunnaki language differed in some respects from orthodox Kalanga.

But first the similarities:
The letter "E" at the beginning of a noun should be pronounced as the first "E" in the word "lever", and NOT as the first "E" inn the word "Enter". The corresponding sound in Kalanga/Nguni is written "i-". In Kalanga it means "it is-",while in Nguni it is fused together with the text following it to form a composite noun - e.g. i-mota, meaning a motor car.

Enlil: [I-nlili] - The crying one. Derived from the verb "Ku lila", meaning "To cry". The first impression one got from seeing the small eyes on the Anunnaki face (see the rock face at Khami) was that tears were streaming down their faces. We might have been monkeys at the time, but we knew what "crying" looked like.

Enki: [I-nki] - The living one. This name is derived from the word "Ka", meaning "spirit". Ka is not a Kalanga word, but a component of many Kalanga words, e.g. nkaka, meaning milk. The Kalanga equivalent of "Ka" is "ku chila/tjila" meaning "to be alive". Thus Enki's Kalanga name was "Nchili". Today "Nchili" also means a leather rope BECAUSE ENKI RESEMBLED A SNAKE. The resemblance of Enki to a snake was purely a result of his prolonged stay under zero gravity conditions, resulting in a severely elongated body.

Egypt: [I-giputa] - The sipping/kissing one. Derived from "Ku puta", meaning to sip (& also to kiss).

In conclusion, it is important to bear in mind that the Anunnaki did not have teeth, but they mated with the humans that they had engineered. It was a big celebration when what was expected to be an Anunnaki baby (Men/Mn/) was born with teeth (meno, in Kalanga). The god Anubis, however seems to have had teeth, because sugar cane (I-kpe, in Kalanga) carries his name. That may explain why it was he who was assigned to collect human stomach contents for the rest of the toothless gods.

Oscar Trial

I watched the Oscar Pistorius trial trial today. It seems strange that Barry Roux seeks to disprove the claim by Security that they initiated phone contact with Pistorius, by examining records of phone calls INITIATED by Oscar's phone and then triumphantly declaring that they show that Oscar, and not Security, initiated the contact! In my view, he can only prove who between Oscar and Security initiated the contact, by examining the phones of both Security and Oscar, specifically for MUTUAL contact.

Examining the phone of ONE side does not give the true picture at all! Gerry Nel shouldn't have let Roux get away with that one.

Kalanga predates both Shona and Sumerian/Coptic/Setswana languages.

The Kalanga word for “dog” is “mbnga”. Kalanga pronunciation can be tricky. I believe that if the pronunciation is strictly followed, the word could also be written “pknga”. Recall that ancient Kalanga followed the Nguni (Zulu) language format. In ancient Kalanga it would therefore have been “i-mbnga” or “i-pknga”.  We have shown that the suffix “nga” meaning “resemble” was appended to words to indicate the similarity between the concerned objects and some Anunnaki-related objects; e.g. “chimanga” meaning “maize cob”, which resembles “chima”, meaning “Anunnaki rocket”.

And so, the Kalanga word “i-pknga”, meaning “dog” unpacks to two words “i-kpe”, and the word “nga” appended to it. The word “i-kpe” is the name of the ancient Egyptian god Annubis. The Kalanga word for “dog” therefore translates to the phrase “like Annubis”.

The Shona language word for “dog”, however is “mbwa”. It carries no “nga” within it, therefore it can hardly be said to indicate any likeness to anything, certainly not to the Anunnaki god Annubis. This is irrefutable proof, if one was ever needed, that Kalanga language predates Shona language, and that therefore Shona is derived from Kalanga, and not the other way around.

The same goes for Setswana language, which is a version of Sumerian and Coptic. You see, the Anunnaki created us on LOVE. The Kalanga infinitive form of the verb for “TO LOVE” is “KU DA”. The first human was “ADA-MU”; the word for “SATAN” is derived from “SA-DANA”, meaning “NOT TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER”. Ningishzidda’s name EADA (correctly a Kalanga word “i-Ada”) attests to the “LOVE” that our creators wanted us to follow. Ma-Nshakazhogwe’s name was “MADENE”. Her Setswana name was “MERIT-NIHT” which we are told means “LOVED BY NIHT”; most likely “Moratwa-i-Niht”. Of course we now know her as Mary (“MERI-!”) – Mother of Jesus!

When Marduk returned to Egypt (i-Gi-Puta) after he and his followers had their memories wiped out (re-programmed) while trying to construct the Tower of Babel, his followers no longer spoke Kalanga, but Setswana. He was now an absolute despot called “Ra” and he changed the Kalanga word “DA” meaning “(to) LOVE” to “Ra-DA” (Rata). Everything now revolved around Ra. Poor Ningishzidda (his younger brother) was banished to South America, where I believe there will be very little influence, if any, of Setswana language. That is how Egypt became Coptic/Tswana, and that is why the Israelites (Isi Ra, El/Illui) rejected him in favour of either Enlil or the Illui. According to some researchers, Ra ended up being kicked out of Egypt and of earth by the very same lizards who had re-programmed his followers at Babylon! So Setswana/Sumerian/Coptic originate from the reprogramming that was carried out to stop Ra from building a space port at Babylon. In other words Kalanga language predates Sumerian/Coptic/Setswana language.