27/11/2025
FRESH FULL EPISODE
๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฐ๐๐ง๐๐จ:๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ, ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ,๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌโ ๐๐๐ฑ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐,๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐๐ & "๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ!"
In this exclusive episode of The Punchline, Minister of Energy and Minerals Bogolo Joy Kenewendo opens up like never before. From her personal life to leadership, from music playlists to policy, nothing is off limits.
The economist-turned-powerhouse Minister speaks candidly about dating, music, fashion, and motherhood, and takes us behind the scenes of her most defining political moments, parting ways with the BDP, serving under three presidents, and navigating the high-stakes De Beers renegotiation that reshaped Botswanaโs diamond destiny. The Angola diamond discussions.
Bogolo doesnโt dodge the tough questions either. She addresses the De Beers tax bill, the non-compete clauses, and the rise of synthetic diamonds threatening the global market. Then, with her trademark poise, she turns to the countryโs toughest year, unpacking Botswanaโs energy shortages, climate shocks, and economic turbulence, and what it will take to rebuild confidence and power the nationโs next chapter.
But itโs not all policy and politics, she laughs about her favourite ATI tracks, her fashion statements, and what freedom and femininity mean in public life today.
This is Bogolo Kenewendo as youโve never heard her before, real, reflective, and refreshingly human.
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In this exclusive festive episode of The Punchline, Minister of Energy and Minerals Bogolo Joy Kenewendo opens up like never before. From her personal life t...