The trouble with Botswana: A poet speaks
Friday, July 15, 2016
What is the greatest trouble with Botswana? No, it’s not corruption, as Chinua Achebe said of Nigeria; no, that’s still largely an elite disease, containable within the very dystopia contours of the peculiar workings of political system itself-specially the rule of law.
The rise of a leftist conscience in political life may as yet save the day. No, it’s not youth unemployment-at least not in the immediate future. Right now this is still a grave threat to the political establishment, and BDP and Government Enclave are not Botswana.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...