Botswana, The Land Of Extreme Rich And Desperate Poor

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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Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...

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