Mea Culpa, for thinking Botswana was a banana republic
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
It’s on the basis of the report that some former African presidents have received awards running into hundreds of thousands of US dollars from the Foundation for the quality of their countries’ governance while they were at the helm.
Our own F.G. Mogae was rewarded for his standard of governance; Joachim Chisano of Mozambique was another president-do-gooder as well as another from the Cape Verde. There have been some years of drought, which implied that no president was eligible for the prize. It meant standards were declining.
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...