Abject Poverty Eradication, Real Or just A Pipe Dream
Monday, August 08, 2016
These services are in the form of entrepreneurial packages that are given to the poor to start business services mainly to government supported entities such as schools and local clinics.
The government had set itself a deadline of 2017 to complete the distribution of these packages as well as to train the beneficiaries in running SMME’S. This noble idea is indeed reflective of a serious government’s commitment to both identifying abject poverty and dealing with it in its robust poverty eradication drive.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...