Botswana, The Land Of Extreme Rich And Desperate Poor

Monday, November 12, 2018

In response to President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s take on poverty in his State of the Nation Address (SONA), my little brother and colleague in the media, Vincent Matumo in his Facebook post stated: "…the poor is a huge chunk of indigenous Batswana… if South Africa is the most unequal society because of apartheid, how did Botswana become second worst?"

Interesting question.

How did we get here? We are told at independence in 1966, we were a poor lot. We have been reminded many times that when the British handed over Bechuanaland to the natives, there was only a 10 kilometre tarred road, amongst the few dotted developments which were mainly around the residences of the colonial rulers/administrators.

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