Essays on Khama

Debswana is a mining company that deals with the production of diamond in Botswana. Debswana has a unique partnership between the DeBeers Company and the Government of Botswana. Currently, Debswana is the leading diamond producer in the world and has its operations staged in four major mines of Damtshaa Mine, Janine Mine, Letlhakane Mine and the Orapa Mine. The company is the largest private sector employee with over 8000 employees. The company has heavily invested in the future of the communities by participating in the community development projects in the areas of their operations. The purpose of this paper ...

Populations within L.A. County Prisons According to Austin et al., (April 2012) in an evaluation study conducted on behalf of the JFA Institute, whilst crime rates in the County have declined since 2000, along with arrests for felonies, arrest for misdemeanors have not, nonetheless resulting in a reduction in the number of bookings into the prison since 2000. The figure then was 162,406, which had fallen to 142,862 by 2011. Corresponding to that decline in bookings, the prison population has fallen from a 1990 figure of 22,000 to less than 15,000 by late 2011. The same ...

This essay discusses geopolitics – the way that factors such as the geography, the economy, and the demographic make-up of a country affect its politics, and in particular its foreign policy (Definitions of Geopolitics, n.d.). The focus country in this instance is Botswana, a landlocked republic in Africa that is lightly populated and of which about two thirds is part of the Kalahari desert. The popular view of Botswana is that it is a stable, peaceful nation that has – according to a government news bulletin “Botswana on track says President Khama” (President Khama, March 2013) – come a long way since gaining independence in 1966. ...