Columns / Letters From

When the Botswanan football team went on a winning streak, a whole nation was inspired, writes Lauri Kubuitsile.

Beauty contests are now big business, but have lost their appeal for Lauri Kubuitsile in her latest Letter From Botswana.

New columnist Lauri Kubuitsile introduces dry and dusty Mahalapye- a town that has stolen her heart.

The future is unknown, but we can learn on the job, says Maria Golia.

Maria Golia experiences beautiful music and blunt talk at a Cairo gathering.

In a climate of uncertainty, Maria Golia discovers that laughter can sound hollow.

Love can be tough amid the boredom and despair of a city slum, writes Maria Golia.

There may be no easy answer, but identity has become an obsession, discovers Maria Golia, among a people in turmoil.

Maria Golia’s tailor has the currency markets stitched up.

After the euphoria, reality is beginning to bite, says Maria Golia.

Maria Golia savours a moment of extraordinary clarity for Egypt.

In the name of research, Maria Golia meets a man with an unusual mission.

Maria Golia meets the man with the eyes of a caged god.

Returning to Cairo after some time away, Maria Golia is waylaid in the labyrinth of a cargo warehouse.

Maria Golia recalls a transcendent moment amid the clamour of Cairo.

Maria Golia feels she’s getting old, while the city around her is ‘getting new’.

A trip to the pedicurist reveals the changing face of Egypt’s middle class to Maria Golia.

The dawn of a new decade has Maria Golia pondering the past.

An overseas trip lets Maria Golia see her hometown in a new light.

Perceptions of efficiency – and cleanliness – can differ, Maria Golia discovers.