MELS on the State of the Nation Address
Friday, November 05, 2010
The press statement signed by the MELS president, Themba Joina, criticizes the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) for failure to diversify the economy.
The statement lambastes the IMF and the World Bank for arm-twisting the government into putting breaks on a number of projects. The "big capitalist institutions" are further accused of "talking of privatizing, moving away from social welfare programmes".
The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...