Tag: Dirt

Former president of Botswana, Ian Khama, has affirmed a long held cliche that politics is a dirty game. Politics I never found enjoyable, I never found enjoyable, but I divide politics and government work. It's dirty in any country where you go, it's like that. “Because most of the time was taken up with government work, where you come up with programs and policies and implementing them for the benefit of the people. “Politics is party politics and all the nonsense – and you must have heard the expression about how dirty politics is. It’s dirty in any country where you go, it’s like that. He also addressed the issue of sit-tight African leaders, urging them to step aside and allow others lead. He defended his call for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to prosecute African leaders who plunge their respective countries into chaos. Under his tenure, Botswana had a no-nonsense diplomatic stance that saw the country criticize the United States over a Jerusalem vote. Botswana broke diplomatic ties with The Gambia at a time Yahya Jammeh was refusing to leave office.

Krishna Kumari was the only girl in her school. In fact, she was the only girl that went to school in her entire village. People in the village talked about her. Ms Kumari has just become the first lower-caste Hindu female to be elected to Pakistan's Senate. Ms Kohli has run for election before without success, but women's leadership programs run by Oxfam are equipping marginalised women like her with campaigning know-how. There are two big hurdles for female enfranchisement and female empowerment in Pakistan — literacy and mobility. Oxfam in Pakistan, with funding from the Australian Government, is trying to boost female political engagement ahead of general elections later this year. Women, especially, are often directed how to vote by the men in their lives. By gently poking fun at Pakistani society, especially life in the provinces, the play elicits guffaws from the young, urban audience. "Gender equality is a major issue facing our country right now," says Khadija Khanum, a 19-year-old law student.